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Vulnerability · Published Nov 12, 2020 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2020-8694

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Intel(R) Processors. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Insufficient access control in the Linux kernel driver for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20intel-ucode20201110-r0, 20201112-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8694
Alpine:v3.21intel-ucode20201110-r0, 20201112-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8694
Alpine:v3.22intel-ucode20201110-r0, 20201112-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8694
Alpine:v3.23intel-ucode20201110-r0, 20201112-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8694
Alpine:v3.24intel-ucode20201110-r0, 20201112-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8694
Debian:12linux5.9.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8694
Debian:13linux5.9.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8694
Debian:14linux5.9.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8694
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8694
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8694
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8694
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8694

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Intel(R) Processors See references

References