Vulnerability in AMD 16h Model 00h Processor
CVE-2013-6885
The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/02/1 (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory)
- support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123553.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124195.html (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124199.html (vendor-advisory)