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CVE-2020-8696
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.44%
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- intel
Description
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- information disclosure
- CWE-212 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-212 and its CVEs
Affected products
Intel(R) Processors
- affected See references
References (4)
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00381 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201113-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-14fda1bf85 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210205 [SECURITY] [DLA 2546-1] intel-microcode security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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