CVE-2020-24480
Published: 17 February 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-24480 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. Its CVSS base score is 4.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 32.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-17200
Vulnerability details
Out-of-bounds write in the Intel(R) XTU before version 6.5.3.25 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- 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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.