What is CVE-2024-21972?

CVE-2024-21972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amd Software: Adrenalin Edition, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-21972?

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

Is CVE-2024-21972 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Amd Software: Adrenalin Edition

CVE-2024-21972

An out of bounds write vulnerability in the AMD Radeon™ user mode driver for DirectX® 11 could allow an attacker with access to a malformed shader to potentially achieve arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (8.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Amd Software: Adrenalin Edition — versions 0
Amd Software: Pro Edition — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-21972?: CVE-2024-21972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amd Software: Adrenalin Edition, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-21972?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-21972 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.