CVE-2020-24513

Domain-bypass transient execution vulnerability in some Intel Atom(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Published: 2021-06-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-24513 is rated Low Risk (27.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-24513

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.07% 0.02% -0.05%
2 2025-11-18 0.03% 0.07% +0.04%
3 2025-03-17 0.03%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-24513

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.0 4.0 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-24513

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-24513

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2020-24513: 1 source package rows (intel-ucode); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-24513
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-24513 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (intel-microcode), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-24513
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24513
suse medium CVE-2020-24513 severity moderate: SUSE including 17 source package names (microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.71.1, microcode_ctl-2.1-73.9.el7_9, …), 72 product×package rows across 72 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (72 product lines)): Fixed 72. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24513/
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-24513 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (intel-microcode), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 8, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24513

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-24513

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
intel atom_c3308 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3308:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3336 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3336:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3338 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3338:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3338r cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3338r:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3436l cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3436l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3508 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3508:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3538 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3538:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3558 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3558:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3558r cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3558r:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3558rc cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3558rc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3708 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3708:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3750 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3750:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3758 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3758:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3758r cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3758r:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3808 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3808:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3830 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3830:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3850 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3850:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3858 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3858:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3950 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3950:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3955 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3955:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c3958 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c3958:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_p5942b cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_p5942b:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x5-a3930 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x5-a3930:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x5-a3940 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x5-a3940:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x5-a3950 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x5-a3950:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x5-a3960 cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x5-a3960:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x6200fe cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x6200fe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x6211e cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x6211e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x6212re cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x6212re:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x6413e cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x6413e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x6425e cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x6425e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x6425re cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x6425re:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_x6427fe cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x6427fe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j3355 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j3355:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j3355e cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j3355e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j3455 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j3455:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j3455e cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j3455e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j4005 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j4005:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j4025 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j4025:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j4105 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j4105:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j4125 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j4125:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_j6413 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j6413:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n3350 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n3350:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n3350e cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n3350e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n3450 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n3450:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n4000 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n4020 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n4020:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n4100 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n4100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n4120 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n4120:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n6211 cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n6211:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel core_i3-l13g4 cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i3-l13g4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel core_i5-l16g7 cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i5-l16g7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel p5921b cpe:2.3:h:intel:p5921b:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel p5931b cpe:2.3:h:intel:p5931b:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel p5962b cpe:2.3:h:intel:p5962b:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_j4205 cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_j4205:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_j6425 cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_j6425:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_n4200 cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_n4200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_n4200e cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_n4200e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_n6415 cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_n6415:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_silver_j5005 cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_silver_j5005:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_silver_j5040 cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_silver_j5040:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_silver_n5000 cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_silver_n5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel pentium_silver_n5030 cpe:2.3:h:intel:pentium_silver_n5030:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic_drive_controller_firmware cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_drive_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic_et_200sp_open_controller_firmware < 0209_0105 cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_et_200sp_open_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens simatic_ipc127e_firmware < 21.01.07 cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_ipc127e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-24513

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