CVE-2020-12912

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
A potential vulnerability in the AMD extension to Linux "hwmon" service may allow an attacker to use the Linux-based Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) interface to show various side channel attacks. In line with industry partners, AMD has updated the RAPL interface to require privileged access.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-12912
  • Assigner
  • psirt@amd.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-11-12T20:15:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-12-03T02:12:21
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:amd:energy_driver_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security Vendor Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:31:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 16:46:23 2020-11-12T20:15Z 2020-11-12T20:15:15 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 16:46:23 2020-12-03T02:12:21 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 16:46:23 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated