# Sensitive information in error messages in AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors “Matisse” AM4 and others

CVE record · `CVE-2023-20593`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-20593`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** AMD
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-209](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/209.html)
- **Tags:** [Information disclosure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/info-disclosure.md)
- **Technologies:** [AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors “Matisse” AM4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-3000-series-desktop-processors-matisse-am4.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Renoir” AM4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-4000-series-desktop-processors-with-radeontm-graphics-renoir-am4.md) · [3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors “Castle Peak” HEDT](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/3rd-gen-amd-ryzentm-threadrippertm-processors-castle-peak-hedt.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors “Castle Peak” WS SP3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-threadrippertm-pro-processors-castle-peak-ws-sp3.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Lucienne”](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-5000-series-mobile-processors-with-radeontm-graphics-lucienne.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Renoir”](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-4000-series-mobile-processors-with-radeontm-graphics-renoir.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series processors “Mendocino” FT6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-7020-series-processors-mendocino-ft6.md) · [2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/2nd-gen-amd-epyctm-processors.md)
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: AMD) at 24 Jul 2023, 19:38 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: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors “Matisse” AM4.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `AGESA`
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Renoir” AM4.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `AGESA`
- Vendor: AMD. Product: 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors “Castle Peak” HEDT.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `AGESA`
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors “Castle Peak” WS SP3.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `AGESA`
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Lucienne”.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `AGESA`
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Renoir”.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `AGESA`
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 7020 Series processors “Mendocino” FT6.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `AGESA`
- Vendor: AMD. Product: 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `µcode / AGESA™ firmware`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.051, the 92nd 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 24 Jul 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-20593](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20593)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-20593](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20593)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7008> (vendor-advisory)
- <http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-433.html>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/24/3>
- <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/5>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/6>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/1>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/13>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/17>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/12>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/16>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/14>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/25/15>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/26/1>
- <https://cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html>
- <https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5459>
- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html>
- <https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5462>
- <https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5461>
- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00033.html>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/31/2>
- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00001.html>
- <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SD2G74BXS2SWOE3FIQJ6X76S3A7PDGML/>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/08/7>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/08/8>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/08/6>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/16/4>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/16/5>
- <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CP6WQO3CDPLE5O635N7TAL5KCZ6HZ4FE/>
- <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HKKYIK2EASDNUV4I7EFJKNBVO3KCKGRR/>

And 5 more on the CVE record.

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.

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