What is CVE-2019-9836?

CVE-2019-9836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AMD Epyc 7251, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-9836?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in AMD Epyc 7251

CVE-2019-9836

Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Platform Security Processor (PSP; aka AMD Secure Processor or AMD-SP) 0.17 build 11 and earlier has an insecure cryptographic implementation.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2019-06-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/46 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security (Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/153436/AMD-Secure-Encrypted-Virtualization-SEV-Ke… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00032.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9836?: CVE-2019-9836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AMD Epyc 7251, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-9836?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.