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CVE-2020-12375

• 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: 2021-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Heap overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.47 may allow an authenticated 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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