Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2024 · Assigned by AMD

CVE-2022-23829

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in 1st Gen AMD EPYC™ 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 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A potential weakness in AMD SPI protection features may allow a malicious attacker with Ring0 (kernel mode) access to bypass the native System Management Mode (SMM) ROM protections.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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