CVE-2020-12967

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The lack of nested page table protection in the AMD SEV/SEV-ES feature could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution within the guest VM if a malicious administrator has access to compromise the server hypervisor.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-77

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 13, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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