Vulnerability in Amd Ryzen
CVE-2018-8934
The Promontory chipset, as used in AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro platforms, has a backdoor in firmware, aka CHIMERA-FW.
EPSS: 0.018 (75.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Amd Ryzen
- Amd Ryzen_firmware
- Amd Ryzen_pro
- Amd Ryzen_pro_firmware
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-8934?
- CVE-2018-8934 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Amd Ryzen. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2018-03-22.
- How severe is CVE-2018-8934?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.