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CVE-2020-8740

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 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
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Out of bounds write in Intel BIOS platform sample code for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel BIOS: all versions
• NetApp Aff Bios: all versions
• NetApp Fas Bios: all versions
• NetApp Hci Compute Node Bios: all versions
• NetApp Hci Storage Node Bios: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire Bios: all versions

References

• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0008/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00390
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0008/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00390

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