Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2021 · Assigned by AMD

CVE-2021-26314AMD Speculative execution with Floating-Point Value Injection

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in All supported processors from AMD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Potential floating point value injection in all supported CPU products, in conjunction with software vulnerabilities relating to speculative execution with incorrect floating point results, may cause the use of incorrect data from FPVI and may result in data leakage.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSxenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-26314
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSxenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-26314
Ubuntu:25.10xenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-26314
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSxenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-26314
Ubuntu:26.10xenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-26314

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
AMD All supported processors unspecified – before undefined

Weakness: CWE-208

References