CVE record · CVE-2021-46769

Insufficient syscall input validation in the ASP Bootloader may allow a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary DMA copies, which can lead to code execution.

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0078 · 56th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: AMD) at 9 May 2023, 18:36 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
AMD	2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Package name: AGESA	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Package name: AGESA	affected various Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2021-46769
CNA: AMD
Tags: 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™
3rd Gen AMD EPYC™
Published: 9 May 2023
Updated: 28 Jan 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0078, the 56th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 May 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-3001 vendor-advisory

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