Intel, AMD patch 80+ flaws, address privilege escalation risks

INTEL and AMD have announced security patches addressing over 80 vulnerabilities in their products. Intel released 42 advisories covering 72 vulnerabilities, fixing several high-severity issues related to privilege escalation and denial-of-service (DoS) in components like WiFi software and Xeon processors. AMD issued five advisories for a dozen vulnerabilities, including significant issues in the Vitis development environment that may lead to private key disclosure and arbitrary code execution. These vulnerabilities present risks such as privilege escalation and information disclosure.