CVE-2020-5955

Description

An issue was discovered in Int15MicrocodeSmm in Insyde InsydeH2O before 2021-10-14 on Intel client chipsets. A caller may be able to escalate privileges.

9.8

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.73% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory insyde.com Vendor Advisory insyde.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.insyde.com/products	product vendor advisory
https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2021002	vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220223-0003/	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-5955?: CVE-2020-5955 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-5955?: To fix CVE-2020-5955, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-5955 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-5955 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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