# Insecure direct object reference in AMD EPYC™ 7001 Series Processors and others

CVE record · `CVE-2024-21981`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-21981`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.7 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** AMD
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-639](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html)
- **Tags:** [Broken access control](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/access-control.md)
- **Technologies:** [AMD EPYC™ 7001 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-7001-series-processors.md) · [AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-7002-series-processors.md) · [AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-7003-series-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-3000-series-desktop-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-5000-series-desktop-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-5000-series-desktop-processor-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-athlontm-3000-series-desktop-processors-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-4000-series-desktop-processors-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-threadrippertm-3000-series-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 Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-threadrippertm-pro-5000wx-processors.md) · [AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-athlontm-3000-series-mobile-processors-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-3000-series-mobile-processor-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-embedded-3000-series-processors.md) · [AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-embedded-7002-series-processors.md) · [AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-embedded-7003-series-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-embedded-r1000-series-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-embedded-r2000-series-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-embedded-5000-series-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 Series Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-embedded-v1000-series-processors.md)
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: AMD) at 13 Aug 2024, 16:54 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™ 7001 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various` (PI)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `PI`
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 Series Processors.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected

## 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0014, the 3rd 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 13 Aug 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-21981](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21981)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-21981](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21981)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-3003.html> (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.

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