CVE record · CVE-2021-46774

Insufficient DRAM address validation in System Management Unit (SMU) may allow an attacker to read/write from/to an invalid DRAM address, potentially resulting in denial-of-service.

CVSS 6.7 MediumEPSS 0.0051 · 43rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: AMD) at 14 Nov 2023, 18:52 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	Ryzen™ 3000 series Desktop Processors “Matisse" Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors “Vermeer” Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors “Castle Peak” HEDT Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors “Castle Peak” WS SP3 Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors “Chagall” WS Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	1st Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors Package name: PI	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000	affected various Other versions: unaffected
AMD	AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003	affected various Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2021-46774
CNA: AMD
Tags: AMD Ryzen™ 3000 series Desktop Processors “Matisse"
AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors “Vermeer”
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors “Castle Peak” HEDT
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors “Castle Peak” WS SP3
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors “Chagall” WS
1st Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
Published: 14 Nov 2023
Updated: 11 Oct 2024

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.7	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L	CNA (AMD)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0051, the 43rd 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 14 Nov 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-4002 vendor-advisory
www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-3002 vendor-advisory
www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-5001 vendor-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.