Intel Claims AMD and NVIDIA Put Users at Risk Due to Unpatched Vulnerabilities

In its annual cybersecurity report for 2024, Intel launched a scathing critique of AMD and NVIDIA, accusing them of negligence in addressing security vulnerabilities in their products. What was initially positioned as a self-assessment of Intel’s own security progress quickly turned into an offensive against industry leaders, exposing alarming security concerns in their solutions.

According to Intel’s findings, AMD has 78 critical vulnerabilities that remain unpatched. The company emphasized that AMD would need to increase its efforts by a factor of 4.4 to match Intel’s level of hardware security. Additionally, 43% of AMD’s security flaws were discovered by external researchers, which Intel sees as a sign of weak internal auditing within Team Red.

The situation appears even more concerning for NVIDIA’s GPUs, with 18 vulnerabilities classified as high-risk — 13 of which allow remote execution of malicious code on user devices. In comparison, Intel reported only 10 security issues in its own graphics chips, with just one posing a serious threat.

Intel stressed that 96% of software vulnerabilities and 100% of hardware flaws in its products were identified by its internal security teams, with all critical threats promptly addressed. While Intel seeks to position itself as the industry leader in security, users should remain vigilant — no platform is entirely immune to threats. The real question isn’t who finds more vulnerabilities, but how quickly and effectively they are fixed.