PT-2021-9451 · Intel · Intel Thunderbolt Controllers

Published 2021-06-09 · Updated 2021-06-15 · CVE-2020-12296

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Intel(R) Thunderbolt(TM) controllers (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Thunderbolt(TM) controllers. This may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-12296

Affected Products

Intel Thunderbolt Controllers

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12296 · Security Note
• https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00401.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/16016 · Telegram Post