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CVE-2020-12374

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

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.

Affected products

• Intel Corporation Intel(R) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware: before 2.47 — fixed in 2.47

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Corporation Intel(R) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware 2.47. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00434.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00434.html

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