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CVE-2020-12891

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2022-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

AMD Radeon Software may be vulnerable to DLL Hijacking through path variable. An unprivileged user may be able to drop its malicious DLL file in any location which is in path environment variable.

Affected products

• AMD Radeon Pro Software: before 21.q2 — fixed in 21.q2
• AMD Radeon Software: before 21.4.1 — fixed in 21.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AMD Radeon Pro Software 21.q2; AMD Radeon Software 21.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1000
• https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1000

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