CVE-2024-21978

Aug. 5, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Tags

CWE-20
psirt@amd.com
2024-08-05
CVE-2024-21978

CVSS Score

6.0 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

AMD SEV-SNP

Description

Improper input validation in SEV-SNP could allow a malicious hypervisor to read or overwrite guest memory potentially leading to data leakage or data corruption.

Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

CWE ID: 20

Date

Published: Aug. 5, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Aug. 5, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

psirt@amd.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score
6.0
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.2
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-3011.html
psirt@amd.com