Uncaught Exception in Intel products - CVE-2020-0511

 

Uncaught Exception in Intel products - CVE-2020-0511

Published: March 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26109
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0511
CWE-ID: CWE-248
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Intel
Affected software:
3rd Generation Intel Core Processors
4th generation Intel Core processors
5th generation Intel Core processors
6th Generation Intel Core Processors
7th Generation Intel Core Processors
8th Generation Intel Core Processors
10th Generation Intel Core Processors
9th Generation Intel Core Processors

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncaught exception in system driver for several Intel Graphics Drivers. A local user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-0511

Install updates from vendor's website.

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