Vulnerability · Published Feb 4, 2022 · Assigned by AMD

CVE-2020-12965

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in All supported processors from AMD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.4% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.4%top 15.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
AMD All supported processors unspecified – before undefined

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