# Improper parameters handling in the AMD Secure Processor (ASP) kernel may allow a privileged attacker to elevate their privileges potentially leading to loss of integrity.

CVE record · `CVE-2020-12931`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2020-12931`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** AMD
- **Technologies:** [AMD Radeon RX 5000 Series & PRO W5000 Series](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-radeon-rx-5000-series-pro-w5000-series.md) · [AMD Ryzen(TM) Embedded R1000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzen-tm-embedded-r1000.md) · [AMD Ryzen(TM) Embedded R2000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzen-tm-embedded-r2000.md) · [AMD Ryzen(TM) Embedded 5000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzen-tm-embedded-5000.md) · [AMD Ryzen(TM) Embedded V1000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzen-tm-embedded-v1000.md)
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sept 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: AMD) at 9 Nov 2022, 20:44 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Radeon RX 5000 Series & PRO W5000 Series.
  - affected: `AMD Radeon Software to before 22.5.2` (custom)
  - affected: `AMD Radeon Pro Software Enterprise to before 22.Q2` (custom)
  - affected: `Enterprise Driver to before 22.10.20` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen(TM) Embedded R1000.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen(TM) Embedded R2000.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen(TM) Embedded 5000.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen(TM) Embedded V1000.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0028, the 20th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Nov 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2020-12931](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12931)
- [NVD: CVE-2020-12931](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12931)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1029>
- <https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-5001>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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