Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2020-0593

First published: Thu Nov 12 2020(Updated: )

Improper buffer restrictions in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Credit: secure@intel.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Intel BIOS firmware
Intel Xeon Bronze Processors
Intel Xeon Bronze Processors
Intel Xeon Gold 5215 Firmware
Intel Xeon 5215L
Intel Xeon Gold 5217 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Firmware
Intel Xeon 5218B
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Xeon Gold 5220
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
Intel Xeon Gold 5220S Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 5220T Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 5222 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6208U Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6209U Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6210U Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6212U Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6222V Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6226 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6230 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6230N
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
Intel Xeon Gold 6234 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6238 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6238R Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6240
Intel Xeon Gold 6240R Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6240
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6242R Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6244 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6246 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6246R Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6250 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6250L Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6252 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6252 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6254 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6258R Firmware
Intel Xeon Gold 6262V Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8253 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 Firmware
Intel Xeon Platinum 9222
Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 Firmware
Intel Xeon 9282
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Firmware
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T Firmware
Intel Xeon Silver 4210
Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Firmware
Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R firmware
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R firmware
Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y Firmware
Intel Xeon Silver 4215 Firmware
Intel Xeon Silver 4215 Firmware
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Firmware
Intel Core i3-1000G1
Intel Core i3-1000G4 Firmware
Intel Core i3-1005G1 firmware
Intel Core i3-10100F Firmware
Intel Core i3-10100E Firmware
Intel Core i3-10100F Firmware
Intel Core i3-10100T Firmware
Intel Core i3-10100TE Firmware
Intel Core i3-10110u
Intel Core i3-10110Y
Intel Core i3-10300 firmware
Intel Core i3-10300T Firmware
Intel Core i3-10320 Firmware
Intel Core i3-6006U Firmware
Intel Core i3-6098P Firmware
Intel Core i3-6100E firmware
Intel Core i3-6100E firmware
Intel Core i3-6100h firmware
Intel Core i3-6100T
Intel Core i3-6100TE Firmware
Intel Core i3-6100U firmware
Intel Core i3-6102E Firmware
Intel Core i3-6157U Firmware
Intel Core i3-6167U
Intel Core i3-6300 Firmware
Intel Core i3-6300T
Intel Core i3-6320
Intel Core i3-7020U Firmware
Intel Core i3-7100u
Intel Core i3-7100e Firmware
Intel Core i3-7100h firmware
Intel Core i3-7100t firmware
Intel Core i3-7100U firmware
Intel Core i3-7101E Firmware
Intel Core i3-7101TE Firmware
Intel Core i3-7102E Firmware
Intel Core i3-7130U Firmware
Intel Core i3-7167U Firmware
Intel Core i3-7300
Intel Core i3-7300t
Intel core i3-7320t firmware
Intel Core i3-7350K
Intel Core i3-8100H Firmware
Intel Core i3-8100B
Intel Core i3-8100H Firmware
Intel Core i3-8100T Firmware
Intel Core i3-8109U Firmware
Intel Core i3-8130U Firmware
Intel Core i3-8140U Firmware
Intel Core i3-8145u firmware
Intel Core i3-8145UE Firmware
Intel Core i3 8300 Firmware
Intel Core i3-8300T Firmware
Intel Core i3-8350K
Intel Core i3-9100
Intel Core i3-9100E Firmware
Intel Core i3-9100F
Intel Core i3-9100HL Firmware
Intel Core i3-9100T Firmware
Intel Core i3-9100TE Firmware
Intel Core i3-9300
Intel Core i3-9300T Firmware
Intel Core i3-9320
Intel Core i3-9350KF
Intel Core i3-9350K
Intel Core i3-L13G4 Firmware
Intel Core i5-10200H Firmware
Intel Core i5-10210U firmware
Intel Core i5-10210Y Firmware
Intel Core i5-10300H Firmware
Intel Core i5-1030G4 Firmware
Intel Core i5-1030NG7 Firmware
Intel Core i5-10310U Firmware
Intel Core i5-10310Y Firmware
Intel Core i5-1035g1 firmware
Intel Core i5-1035G4
Intel Core i5-1035G7 Firmware
Intel Core i5-1038NG7
Intel Core i5-10400F
Intel Core i5-10400
Intel Core i5-10400H firmware
Intel Core i5-10400T Firmware
Intel Core i5-10500E Firmware
Intel Core i5-10500E Firmware
Intel Core i5-10500T Firmware
Intel Core i5-10500TE Firmware
Intel Core i5-10600 Firmware
Intel Core i5-10600K Firmware
Intel Core i5-10600K Firmware
Intel Core i5-10600T
Intel Core i5-6200U
Intel Core i5-6260u firmware
Intel Core i5-6267U Firmware
Intel Core i5-6287U Firmware
Intel Core i5-6300hq firmware
Intel Core i5-6300U
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Firmware
Intel Core i5-6360U Firmware
Intel Core i5-6400 Firmware
Intel Core i5-6400T Firmware
Intel Core i5-6402P Firmware
Intel Core i5-6440EQ Firmware
Intel Core i5-6440HQ Firmware
Intel Core i5-6442EQ Firmware
Intel Core i5-6500 firmware
Intel Core i5-6500T Firmware
Intel Core i5-6500TE Firmware
Intel Core i5-6585R Firmware
Intel Core i5-6600
Intel Core i5-6600K Firmware
Intel Core i5-6600T Firmware
Intel Core i5-6685R Firmware
Intel Core i5-7200U firmware
Intel Core i5-7260U firmware
Intel Core i5-7267U Firmware
Intel Core i5-7287U firmware
Intel Core i5-7300HQ Firmware
Intel Core i5-7300U firmware
Intel Core i5-7360U Firmware
Intel Core i5-7400t
Intel Core i5-7400T Firmware
Intel Core i5-7440EQ Firmware
Intel Core i5-7440HQ
Intel Core i5-7442EQ Firmware
Intel Core i5-7500 firmware
Intel Core i5-7500t firmware
Intel Core i5-7600
Intel Core i5-7600K firmware
Intel Core i5-7600t firmware
Intel Core i5-7y54 firmware
Intel Core i5-7y57 firmware
Intel Core i5-8200Y
Intel Core i5-8210Y Firmware
Intel Core i5-8250U Firmware
Intel Core i5-8257U Firmware
Intel Core i5-8259U Firmware
Intel Core i5-8260U
Intel Core i5-8265U Firmware
Intel Core i5-8269U
Intel Core i5-8279U
Intel Core i5-8300H firmware
Intel Core i5-8305G
Intel Core i5-8310Y Firmware
Intel Core i5-8350U firmware
Intel Core i5-8365UE Firmware
Intel Core i5-8365UE
Intel Core i5-8400
Intel Core i5-8400B
Intel Core i5-8400H Firmware
Intel Core i5-8400T firmware
Intel Core i5-8500
Intel Core i5-8500
Intel Core i5-8500T
Intel Core i5-8600 Firmware
Intel Core i5-8600K Firmware
Intel Core i5-8600T Firmware
Intel Core i5-9300H
Intel Core i5-9300HF Firmware
Intel Core i5-9400
Intel Core i5-9400F
Intel Core i5-9400H Firmware
Intel Core i5-9400T
Intel Core i5-9500
Intel Core i5-9500E
Intel Core i5-9500F
Intel Core i5-9500T
Intel Core i5-9500TE
Intel CPU Cores
Intel Core i5-9600K
Intel Core i5-9600KF
Intel Core i5-9600T Firmware
Intel Core i5-L16G7 Firmware
Intel Core i7-10510U Firmware
Intel Core i7-10510Y Firmware
Intel Core i7-1060G7
Intel Core i7-10610U Firmware
Intel Core i7 1065G7
Intel Core i7-1068NG7 Firmware
Intel Core i7-10700
Intel Core i7-10700E
Intel Core i7-10700F Firmware
Intel Core i7-10700K Firmware
Intel Core i7-10700K Firmware
Intel Core i7-10700T Firmware
Intel Core i7-10700TE Firmware
Intel Core i7-10710U Firmware
Intel Core i7-10750H Firmware
Intel Core i7-10810U Firmware
Intel Core i7-10850H Firmware
Intel Core i7-10870H
Intel Core i7-10875H Firmware
Intel Core i7-6500U firmware
Intel Core i7-6560u firmware
Intel Core i7-6567U Firmware
Intel Core i7-6600U Firmware
Intel Core i7-6650U Firmware
Intel Core i7-6660U
Intel Core i7-6700 firmware
Intel Core i7-6700HQ firmware
Intel Core i7-6700k firmware
Intel Core i7-6700T firmware
Intel Core i7-6700TE Firmware
Intel Core i7-6770HQ firmware
Intel Core i7-6785R Firmware
Intel Core i7-6820EQ
Intel Core i7-6820hk firmware
Intel Core i7-6820hq firmware
Intel Core i7-6822EQ
Intel Core i7-6870HQ firmware
Intel Core i7-6920HQ
Intel Core i7-6970HQ firmware
Intel Core i7-7500U
Intel Core i7-7560U firmware
Intel Core i7-7567U Firmware for Windows
Intel Core i7-7600U Firmware
Intel Core i7-7660U Firmware
Intel Core i7-7700T
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Intel Core i7-7700k firmware
Intel Core i7-7700T
Intel Core i7-7820EQ firmware
Intel Core i7-7820hk firmware
Intel Core i7-7820HQ firmware
Intel Core i7-7920HQ Firmware
Intel Core i7-7Y75
Intel Core i7-8086K Firmware
Intel Core i7-8500Y Firmware
Intel Core i7-8550U firmware
Intel Core i7-8557U Firmware for Windows
Intel Core i7-8559U Firmware for Windows
Intel Core i7-8565U firmware
Intel Core i7-8569U Firmware
Intel Core i7-8650U Firmware
Intel Core i7-8665U firmware
Intel Core i7-8665UE Firmware
Intel Core i7-8700 Firmware
Intel Core i7-8700 Firmware
Intel Core i7-8700K
Intel Core i7-8700T Firmware
Intel Core i7-8705G firmware
Intel Core i7-8706g firmware
Intel Core i7-8709G Firmware
Intel Core i7-8750H
Intel Core i7-8809g Firmware
Intel Core i7-8850H Firmware
Intel Core i7 9700T
Intel Core i7-9700E Firmware
Intel Core i7-9700F Firmware
Intel Core i7-9700KF
Intel Core i7-9700KF Firmware
Intel Core i7-9700T Firmware
Intel Core i7-9700TE
Intel Core i7-9750H
Intel Core i7-9750HF
Intel Core i7-9850HL
Intel Core i7-9850HE
Intel Core i7-9850HL
Intel Core i9-10850K Firmware
Intel Core i9-10885H
Intel Core i9-10900E firmware
Intel Core i9-10900E firmware
Intel Core i9-10900F Firmware
Intel Core i9-10900K Firmware
Intel Core i9-10900K
Intel Core i9-10900T Firmware
Intel Core i9-10900TE Firmware
Intel Core i9-10980HK
Intel Core i9-8950HK
Intel Core i9-9880H
Intel Core i9-9900
Intel Core i9-9900K
Intel Core i9-9900KF
Intel Core i9-9900KS
Intel Core i9-9900T Firmware
Intel Core i9-9980HK
Intel Core m3-6Y30
Intel Core m3-7y30 firmware
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Firmware
Intel Core m5-6y54 firmware
Intel Core m5-6y57 firmware
Intel Core m7-6y75 firmware
Intel Core i5-7640X Firmware
Intel core i7-3820 firmware
Intel Core i7-3920XM
Intel Core i7-3930K
Intel Core i7-3940XM Firmware
Intel Core i7-3960X Firmware
Intel Core i7-3970X
Intel Core i7-4820K Firmware
Intel Core i7-4930K Firmware
Intel Core i7-4930MX Firmware
Intel Core i7-4940MX Firmware
Intel Core i7-4960X Firmware
Intel Core i7-5820K Firmware
Intel Core i7-5930K
Intel Core i7-5960X
Intel Core i7-6800K Firmware
Intel Core i7-6850K
Intel Core i7-6900K
Intel Core i7-6950X Firmware
Intel Core i7-7740X
Intel Core i7-7800X firmware
Intel Core i7-7820X Firmware
Intel Core i7-9800X
Intel Core i9-10900X Firmware
Intel Core i9-10920X X-Series
Intel Core i9-10940X X-Series
Intel Core i9-10980XE Firmware
intel i9-7900x firmware
intel i9-7920x firmware
Intel Core i9-7940X Firmware
intel i9-7960x firmware
Intel Core i9-7980XE Firmware
Intel Core i9-9820X Firmware
Intel Core i9-9900X Firmware
Intel Core i9-9920X X-Series Firmware
Intel Core i9-9940X X-Series
Intel Core i9-9960X X-Series Firmware
Intel Core i9-9980XE Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1513N Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1518 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1520 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1521 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1523N firmware
Intel Xeon D-1527 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1528 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1529 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1531 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1533
Intel Xeon D-1537 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1539 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1540 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1541 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1543N Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1548 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1553N Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1557 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1559 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1567 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1571 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1577 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1602 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1622 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1623N Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1627 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1633N Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1637 Firmware
Intel Xeon D-1649N
Intel Xeon D-1653N Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2123IT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2141I
Intel Xeon D-2142IT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2143IT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2145NT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2146NT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2161I Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2163IT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2166NT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2173IT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2177NT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2183IT Firmware
Intel Xeon D-2187NT Firmware
Intel Xeon W-10855M Firmware
Intel Xeon W-10885M Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1250 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1250E Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1250P Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1250TE Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1270 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1270E Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1270P Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1270TE Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1290 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1290E Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1290P Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1290T Firmware
Intel Xeon W-1290TE Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2123 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2125 firmware
Intel Xeon W-2133 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2135 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2145 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2155 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2175 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2195 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2223 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2225 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2235 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2245 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2255 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2265 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2275 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-2295 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3175X Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3223 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3225 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3235 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3245 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3245M Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3265
Intel Xeon W-3265M Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3275 Firmware
Intel Xeon W-3275M

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2020-0593?

    The severity of CVE-2020-0593 is rated as high due to the potential for privilege escalation.

  • How do I fix CVE-2020-0593?

    To fix CVE-2020-0593, users should update their BIOS firmware to the latest version provided by Intel.

  • Which systems are affected by CVE-2020-0593?

    CVE-2020-0593 affects certain Intel BIOS firmware associated with various Intel processors.

  • Can CVE-2020-0593 be exploited remotely?

    No, CVE-2020-0593 requires local access for exploitation, posing a risk primarily to insider threats.

  • Is CVE-2020-0593 patched?

    Yes, Intel has released patches for CVE-2020-0593 as part of their regular firmware updates.

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