7.5

CVE-2020-12965: amd all supported processors Injection

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 04-02-2022Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-12965 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Injection vulnerability in amd all supported processors. EPSS estimates a 2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 04-02-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When combined with specific software sequences, AMD CPUs may transiently execute non-canonical loads and store using only the lower 48 address bits potentially resulting in data leakage.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.35% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Amd64 products

1 vendor · 64 products

References

2 links