Improper handling of pointers in the System Management Mode (SMM) handling code may allow for a privileged attacker with physical or administrative access to potentially manipulate the AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) to execute arbitrary code undetected by the operating system.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-5170 Improper handling of pointers in the System Management Mode (SMM) handling code may allow for a privileged attacker with physical or administrative access to potentially manipulate the AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) to execute arbitrary code undetected by the operating system.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMD

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:36:11.770Z

Reserved: 2020-05-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-12890

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-10T22:15:07.833

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:00:30.260

Link: CVE-2020-12890

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