Out-of-bounds Read in AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors With Radeon™ Graphics

CVE-2021-46772

Insufficient input validation in the ABL may allow a privileged attacker with access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell to tamper with the structure headers in SPI ROM causing an out of bounds memory read and write, potentially resulting in memory corruption or denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-46772: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-46772?
CVE-2021-46772 is a low-severity vulnerability in AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors With Radeon™ Graphics, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 3.9/10. Published 2024-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-46772?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.9 out of 10.