Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD Address Over 110 Vulnerabilities

Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD Address Over 110 Vulnerabilities

August 14, 2024 at 06:57AM

Intel and AMD disclose multiple vulnerabilities in their products. Intel’s 43 advisories cover around 70 security holes, including high-severity flaws impacting various products. Medium-severity vulnerabilities were also patched in several hardware, software, and technologies. Similarly, AMD issued eight advisories addressing 46 vulnerabilities, including high-severity issues and plans to mitigate new attack methods.

From the meeting notes:

– Intel has published 43 new advisories covering around 70 security holes, including high-severity vulnerabilities affecting various products such as processors, firmware, and Ethernet Controllers. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to privilege escalation, information disclosure, and denial-of-service attacks.

– Medium-severity vulnerabilities have also been addressed by Intel across a range of hardware, software, and technologies, including processors, firmware, and various tools.

– AMD published eight new advisories, addressing 46 vulnerabilities and research findings related to new attack methods. High-severity vulnerabilities were reported that could lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution in specific software and technologies.

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