CVE-2020-12951

Upstream information

CVE-2020-12951 at MITRE

Description

Race condition in ASP firmware could allow less privileged x86 code to perform ASP SMM (System Management Mode) operations.

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Upstream Security Advisories:

• https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1021
• https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1028

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.4
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1192617 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Nov 12 11:00:38 2021
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:25:22 2025