CVE-2020-12374
Buffer overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute...
Buffer overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.47 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.47 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2020-12374- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.47 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2020-12374- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4686 No score
Buffer overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.47 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4686- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xwxx-8397-833r No score
Buffer overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute...
Buffer overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.47 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
GHSA-xwxx-8397-833r- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12374 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Intel Bmc Firmware, published February 19, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.