CVE-2020-12951
Published: 16 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-12951 is a high-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Amd Epyc 7003 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 28.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-5231
Vulnerability details
Race condition in ASP firmware could allow less privileged x86 code to perform ASP SMM (System Management Mode) operations.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Accurate timestamps from internal clocks enable detection of race conditions by providing reliable event ordering in audit logs.
Coordination of concurrent security activities reduces the probability that shared resources will be accessed simultaneously without proper synchronization.