Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2023 · Assigned by AMD

CVE-2021-46760

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity resource allocation without limits in 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors “Castle Peak” HEDT from AMD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A malicious or compromised UApp or ABL can send a malformed system call to the bootloader, which may result in an out-of-bounds memory access that may potentially lead to an attacker leaking sensitive information or achieving code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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