Vulnerability in Amd Epyc™ 7001 Processors

CVE-2023-20578

A TOCTOU (Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use) in SMM may allow an attacker with ring0 privileges and access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell to modify the communications buffer potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.001 (1.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20578?
CVE-2023-20578 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amd Epyc™ 7001 Processors, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-20578?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.