# Execution with unnecessary privileges in AMD EPYC™ 7002 Processors and others

CVE record · `CVE-2024-21924`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-21924`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.2 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** AMD
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-250](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/250.html)
- **Tags:** [Privilege escalation](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/privilege-escalation.md)
- **Technologies:** [AMD EPYC™ 7002 Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-7002-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-threadrippertm-pro-3000wx-series-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX- Series Desktop Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-threadrippertm-pro-5000wx-series-desktop-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 7000 WX-Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-threadrippertm-pro-7000-wx-series-processors.md) · [AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002 Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-embedded-7002-processors.md)
- **Published:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: AMD) at 11 Feb 2025, 20:18 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: AMD EPYC™ 7002 Processors.
  - unaffected: `Rome PI 1.0.0.K`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors.
  - unaffected: `ChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.9`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors.
  - unaffected: `CastlePeakWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.E`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX- Series Desktop Processors.
  - unaffected: `ChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.9`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 7000 WX-Series Processors.
  - unaffected: `StormPeakPI-SP6 1.1.0.0h`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 7000 WX-Series Processors.
  - unaffected: `StormPeakPI-SP6 1.0.0.1j`
  - Other versions: unknown
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002 Processors.
  - unaffected: `EmbRomePI-SP3 1.0.0.D`
  - Other versions: unknown

## 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

- 8.2 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (AMD)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th 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 11 Feb 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-21924](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21924)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-21924](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21924)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7028.html>

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