CVE-2018-8931

CriticalCVSS 9.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The AMD Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, and Ryzen Mobile processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure Processor, aka RYZENFALL-1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://amdflaws.com/Third Party Advisory
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/Third Party Advisory
https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-researchVendor Advisory
https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdfThird Party Advisory
https://amdflaws.com/Third Party Advisory
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/Third Party Advisory
https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-researchVendor Advisory
https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdfThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 22, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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