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CVE-2013-6885 Details

Description

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/2011-December/046594.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123553.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124195.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124199.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00026.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/1	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035823	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/55840	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89335	CVE
http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/02/1	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63983	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029415	CVE
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924	CVE
http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/2011-December/046594.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123553.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124195.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124199.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00026.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/1	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035823	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/55840	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89335	[email protected]
http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/02/1	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63983	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029415	[email protected]
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
amd 16h model processor firmware	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:amd:16h_model_processor_firmware:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
amd 16h model 00h processor	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:amd:16h_model_00h_processor:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
amd 16h model 0fh processor	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:amd:16h_model_0fh_processor:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 16, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 7, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 17, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 29, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2013-6885 Details

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