CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-21970

MediumCVSS 4.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

Improper validation of an array index in AMD Power Management Firmware could allow a privileged attacker to corrupt AGESA memory. This may lead to a loss of integrity.

Risk Assessment

A privileged attacker could corrupt AGESA memory, causing system instability or integrity loss. However, this requires high privileges, limiting the attack vector.

Recommendation

Update AMD Power Management Firmware to a version containing the vendor fix. Restrict privileged access to the minimum necessary.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Improper validation of an array index in the AND power Management Firmware could allow a privileged attacker to corrupt AGESA memory potentially leading to a loss of integrity.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS