Intel Criticizes AMD for 78 Unresolved Vulnerabilities and Nvidia for High-Risk Security Flaws
Intel Criticizes AMD for 78 Unresolved Vulnerabilities and Nvidia for High-Risk Security Flaws
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Intel Criticizes AMD for 78 Unresolved Vulnerabilities and Nvidia for High-Risk Security Flaws
In its latest product security report, Intel took aim at its two major competitors, AMD and Nvidia, claiming that AMD has more than four times the number of firmware vulnerabilities compared to Intel, while Nvidia reported 80% more GPU security issues.
The key findings from Intel’s 2024 Product Security Report were divided into two parts. The first three highlights focused on Intel’s internal security performance. According to the report, 96% of newly discovered vulnerabilities in the past year were identified by Intel’s internal security research team, with all hardware issues also detected internally.
The final three highlights targeted AMD and Nvidia. Intel stated that AMD reported “4.4 times more firmware vulnerabilities in hardware root-of-trust technologies” and “1.8 times more firmware vulnerabilities in confidential computing technologies” compared to Intel. Additionally, Intel criticized Nvidia’s GPU security performance, claiming that “all 18 vulnerabilities reported in 2024 were classified as high-risk.”
The report provided further details on AMD’s security issues, noting that AMD discovered only about 57% of reported platform vulnerabilities, meaning the remaining 43% were identified by external security researchers or the public. Moreover, Intel claimed that AMD currently has 78 vulnerabilities labeled as having “no remediation plan,” indicating that no fixes have been provided. In contrast, Intel asserted that it had mitigated or resolved all hardware root-of-trust vulnerabilities for supported SKUs, all of which were reportedly discovered internally.
Regarding GPU security, Intel claimed to have the fewest vulnerabilities, with only 10 issues reported, of which just one was classified as high-risk or critical, and the rest were marked as medium severity. Meanwhile, Nvidia reported 18 security vulnerabilities, all classified as high-risk, with 13 of them potentially allowing attackers to execute code on affected systems.
Despite asserting the superiority of its security practices, Intel’s criticism of AMD and Nvidia comes amid its own struggles. While Intel still holds a majority share of the x86 CPU market, AMD gained 5.7 percentage points in market share during the third quarter of 2024. Additionally, Intel has faced challenges with stability issues in its 13th and 14th-generation products and reported disappointing financial results in late July.
Intel is also competing with Nvidia in the AI chip market with its Gaudi 3 platform. However, the Gaudi 3 has so far failed to meet expectations, and Intel recently canceled its next-generation Falcon Shores project, signaling that it will have no competitive AI product offerings for at least the next year.
