CVE-2020-6100
9.9 · CRITICALOverview
CVE-2020-6100 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting amd radeon_directx_11_driver_atidxx64.dll. It was published on July 20, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9 (CRITICAL).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
Technical Description
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in AMD atidxx64.dll 26.20.15019.19000 graphics driver. A specially crafted pixel shader can cause memory corruption vulnerability. An attacker can provide a specially crafted shader file to trigger this vulnerability. This vulnerability potentially could be triggered from guest machines running virtualization environments (ie. VMware, qemu, VirtualBox etc.) in order to perform guest-to-host escape - as it was demonstrated before (TALOS-2018-0533, TALOS-2018-0568, etc.). Theoretically this vulnerability could be also triggered from web browser (using webGL and webassembly). This vulnerability was triggered from HYPER-V guest using RemoteFX feature leading to executing the vulnerable code on the HYPER-V host (inside of the rdvgm.exe process).
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from amd. Update radeon_directx_11_driver_atidxx64.dll to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2020-6100?
CVE-2020-6100 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting amd radeon_directx_11_driver_atidxx64.dll. It was published on July 20, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9 (CRITICAL).
How severe is CVE-2020-6100?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2020-6100?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from amd. Update radeon_directx_11_driver_atidxx64.dll to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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