CVE-2020-12962
Escape call interface in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may cause privilege escalation.
Escape call interface in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may cause privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Escape call interface in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may cause privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2020-12962- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Escape call interface in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may cause privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2020-12962- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-5242 No score
Escape call interface in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may cause privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2020-5242- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r87h-x862-5m42
Escape call interface in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may cause privilege escalation.
Escape call interface in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may cause privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-r87h-x862-5m42- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12962 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Amd Radeon Software, published November 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.