CVE-2021-46779 (GCVE-0-2021-46779)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-10 20:56
Modified
2025-04-09 14:47
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Insufficient input validation in SVC_ECC_PRIMITIVE system call in a compromised user application or ABL may allow an attacker to corrupt ASP (AMD Secure Processor) OS memory which may lead to potential loss of integrity and availability.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
AMD 1st Gen EPYC Version: various
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