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CVE-2018-8936 Details

Description

The AMD EPYC Server, Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, and Ryzen Mobile processor chips allow Platform Security Processor (PSP) privilege escalation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://amdflaws.com/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research CVEVendor Advisory
https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf CVEThird Party Advisory
https://amdflaws.com/ [email protected]Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-8936
NVD Published Date:
Mar 22, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-8936 Details - Not Deferred