CVE-2026-20794
CRITICAL
9,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: high
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
Description
AI Translation Available
Buffer overflow for the Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software before version 2.0.2 within Ring 1: Device Drivers may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable local code execution. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) impacts.
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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Confidentiality
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Modify Memory
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Assembly, C, C++, Memory-Unsafe
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01402.html