Vulnerability in Amd Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors With Radeon™ Graphics “Barcelo”

CVE-2023-20571

A race condition in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker using a compromised user space to leverage CVE-2018-8897 potentially resulting in privilege escalation.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.004 (36.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20571?
CVE-2023-20571 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amd Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors With Radeon™ Graphics “Barcelo”, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-20571?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.