CVE-2020-8672
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 2, 2021 at 09:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:26 AM UTC
50 products affected across 1 vendorCore I7+8700Core I7-8700tCore I7-8700k
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Out of bound read in BIOS firmware for 8th, 9th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM), Intel(R) Celeron(R) Processor 4000 Series Processors may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable elevation of privilege or denial of service via local access.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
intel-celeron-4205u (environment) · intel-celeron-4305u (environment) · intel-celeron-4305ue (environment) · intel-core-i3-8100 (environment) · intel-core-i3-8100f (environment) · intel-core-i3-8100t (environment) · intel-core-i3-8300 (environment) · intel-core-i3-8300t (environment) · intel-core-i3-8350k (environment) · intel-core-i3-9100 (environment) · intel-core-i3-9100f (environment) · intel-core-i3-9100t (environment) · intel-core-i3-9300 (environment) · intel-core-i3-9300t (environment) · intel-core-i3-9320 (environment) · intel-core-i3-9350k (environment) · intel-core-i3-9350kf (environment) · intel-core-i5-8400 (environment) · intel-core-i5-8400t (environment) · intel-core-i5-8500 (environment) · intel-core-i5-8500t (environment) · intel-core-i5-8600 (environment) · intel-core-i5-8600k (environment) · intel-core-i5-8600t (environment) · intel-core-i5-9400 (environment) · intel-core-i5-9400f (environment) · intel-core-i5-9400t (environment) · intel-core-i5-9500 (environment) · intel-core-i5-9500f (environment) · intel-core-i5-9500t (environment) · intel-core-i5-9600 (environment) · intel-core-i5-9600k (environment) · intel-core-i5-9600kf (environment) · intel-core-i5-9600t (environment) · intel-core-i7-8086k (environment) · intel-core-i7-8700 (environment) · intel-core-i7-8700k (environment) · intel-core-i7-8700t (environment) · intel-core-i7-9700 (environment) · intel-core-i7-9700f (environment) · intel-core-i7-9700k (environment) · intel-core-i7-9700kf (environment) · intel-core-i7-9700t (environment) · intel-core-i9-9900 (environment) · intel-core-i9-9900k (environment) · intel-core-i9-9900kf (environment) · intel-core-i9-9900ks (environment) · intel-core-i9-9900t (environment)
Celeron 4205U· Inteldevice
80%All versions
Celeron 4305U· Inteldevice
80%All versions
Celeron 4305UE· Inteldevice
80%All versions
Core I3-8100· Inteldevice
80%All versions
Core I3-8100F· Inteldevice
80%All versions
Core I3-8100t· Inteldevice
80%All versions
Core I3-8300· Inteldevice
80%All versions
Core I3-8300t· Inteldevice
80%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00356.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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