Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Intel products - CVE-2025-20018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU109219

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20018

CWE-ID: CWE-822

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Intel

Affected software:
Intel Graphics Driver for 7th-10th Gen Intel Core processor family and related processors
Intel Graphics Driver for Intel Arc graphics and Intel Iris Xe graphics
Intel Graphics Driver for Intel Arc Pro graphics
Intel Graphics Driver for Intel Data Center GPU Flex Series

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to untrusted pointer dereference error. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

• https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01259.html