Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel and AMD Patch 70 Vulnerabilities
The two chip giants have published over two dozen advisories describing recently identified security defects. The post Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel and AMD Patch 70 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Intel and AMD have released over two dozen advisories on May 2026 Patch Tuesday, addressing 70 vulnerabilities across their product portfolios.
Intel published 13 advisories describing 24 security defects, including one critical and eight high-severity flaws.
The critical bug, tracked as CVE-2026-20794 (CVSS score of 9.3), is described as a buffer overflow issue in the Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software that could be exploited for privilege escalation and potentially for code execution.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/chipmaker-patch-tuesday-intel-and-amd-patch-70-vulnerabilities/
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