What is CVE-2018-8932?

CVE-2018-8932 is a critical-severity vulnerability in AMD Ryzen, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2018-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-8932?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in AMD Ryzen

CVE-2018-8932

The AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure Processor, aka RYZENFALL-2, RYZENFALL-3, and RYZENFALL-4.

Published 2018-03-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

amdflaws.com/ (Third Party Advisory)
blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/ (Third Party Advisory)
community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical… (Vendor Advisory)
safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8932?: CVE-2018-8932 is a critical-severity vulnerability in AMD Ryzen, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2018-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-8932?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.