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CVE-2020-8737

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-11-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• Intel(R) Quartus Prime Pro and Standard edition software: before 20.1 — fixed in 20.1
• Intel Stratix 10 Fpga Firmware: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel(R) Quartus Prime Pro and Standard edition software 20.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00388
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00388

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