CVE-2025-14303 (GCVE-0-2025-14303)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-17 03:13 – Updated: 2025-12-17 18:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
MSI｜Motherboard - Protection Mechanism Failure
Summary
Certain motherboard models developed by MSI has a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability. Because IOMMU was not properly enabled, unauthenticated physical attackers can use a DMA-capable PCIe device to read and write arbitrary physical memory before the OS kernel and its security features are loaded.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-17 14:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10576-0a0fd-1.html | third-party-advisory |
| https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10577-3cd58-2.html | third-party-advisory |
| https://csr.msi.com/global/product-security-advisories | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI | Intel 600 chipset motherboard |
Affected:
0
|
guessed | |
| MSI | Intel 700 chipset motherboard |
Affected:
0
|
guessed |
Date Public
2025-12-17 03:07
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