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AMD Alert

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Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

8 October, 2020

● High

2020-1896

All

Description:

AMD has released a security alert to address a vulnerability in the following product:

  • AMD graphics drivers

Threats:

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by doing the following:

  • Out-of-bounds read overflow
  • Denial of Service (DoS)

Best practice and Recommendations:

AMD plans to issue updated graphics drivers to address the issue in the first quarter of 2021. However, users can resolve the issue for now by restarting the computer.

For more information:

Last updated at 8 October, 2020

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