CVE-2020-12890 (GCVE-0-2020-12890)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-10 21:56 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:36
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Summary
Improper handling of pointers in the System Management Mode (SMM) handling code may allow for a privileged attacker with physical or administrative access to potentially manipulate the AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) to execute arbitrary code undetected by the operating system.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • NA
Assigner
AMD
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
AMD AMD Processors Unaffected: Processor EPYC
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Date Public
2020-06-17 00:00
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