CVE-2020-24494
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers before...
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers before version 1.4.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service 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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers before version 1.4.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
CVE-2020-24494- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers before version 1.4.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
CVE-2020-24494- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17214No score
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers before version 1.4.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17214- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rp3c-5xmm-fm73No score
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers before...
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers before version 1.4.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
GHSA-rp3c-5xmm-fm73- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24494 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X722-da2 Firmware, published February 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.