CVE-2020-12964 is a privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the AMD Radeon Kernel Mode driver, specifically within the Escape 0x2000c00 Call handler. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this flaw to trigger a Windows BugCheck, causing a system crash, or potentially leak sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is considered serious due to its low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amd:radeon_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.