CVE-2020-8742 6.7 medium EPSS 0.3%
Medium (6.7) in intel. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Improper input validation in the firmware for Intel(R) NUCs may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Severity
CVSS 3.1 6.7 medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HEnable JavaScript to see the metric table and diagram.
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE CWE-20
Published 2020-08-13
Modified 2026-06-17
Record from the NVD, synced 2026-10-19 Affected intel:cd1c32gk_firmware intel:cd1c64gk_firmware intel:cd1p64gk_firmware intel:de3815tybe_firmware intel:de3815tykhe_firmware intel:nuc5cpyh_firmware intel:nuc5i3mybe_firmware intel:nuc5i3myhe_firmware intel:nuc5i3ryh_firmware intel:nuc5i3ryhs_firmware intel:nuc5i3ryhsn_firmware intel:nuc5i3ryk_firmware intel:nuc5i5mybe_firmware intel:nuc5i5myhe_firmware intel:nuc5i5ryh_firmware intel:nuc5i5ryhs_firmware intel:nuc5i5ryk_firmware intel:nuc5i7ryh_firmware intel:nuc5pgyh_firmware intel:nuc5ppyh_firmware intel:nuc6cayh_firmware intel:nuc6cays_firmware intel:nuc6i7kyk_firmware intel:nuc7cjyh_firmware intel:nuc7cjysal_firmware intel:nuc7i3bnb_firmware intel:nuc7i3bnh_firmware intel:nuc7i3bnhx1_firmware intel:nuc7i3bnhxf_firmware intel:nuc7i3bnk_firmware intel:nuc7i3dnbe_firmware intel:nuc7i3dnhe_firmware intel:nuc7i3dnhnc_firmware intel:nuc7i3dnke_firmware intel:nuc7i3dnktc_firmware intel:nuc7i5bnb_firmware intel:nuc7i5bnh_firmware intel:nuc7i5bnhx1_firmware intel:nuc7i5bnhxf_firmware intel:nuc7i5bnk_firmware intel:nuc7i5bnkp_firmware intel:nuc7i5dnbe_firmware intel:nuc7i5dnhe_firmware intel:nuc7i5dnke_firmware intel:nuc7i5dnkpc_firmware intel:nuc7i7bnb_firmware intel:nuc7i7bnh_firmware intel:nuc7i7bnhx1_firmware intel:nuc7i7bnhxg_firmware intel:nuc7i7bnkq_firmware References Check your stack JSON