CVE-2020-8737
Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) Stratix(R) 10 FPGA firmware provided with the Intel...
Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) Stratix(R) 10 FPGA firmware provided with the Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro software before version 20.1 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure via physical access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) Stratix(R) 10 FPGA firmware provided with the Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro software before version 20.1 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure via physical access.
- Record
CVE-2020-8737- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/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
Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) Stratix(R) 10 FPGA firmware provided with the Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro software before version 20.1 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure via physical access.
- Record
CVE-2020-8737- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29585 No score
Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) Stratix(R) 10 FPGA firmware provided with the Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro software before version 20.1 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure via physical access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29585- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wxq2-wrr8-f54g No score
Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) Stratix(R) 10 FPGA firmware provided with the Intel...
Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) Stratix(R) 10 FPGA firmware provided with the Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro software before version 20.1 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure via physical access.
- Record
GHSA-wxq2-wrr8-f54g- Weakness
- CWE-119
- 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-2020-8737 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Intel Quartus Prime, published November 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.