Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-46794 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in AMD products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
amd
CWE-125

Summary

Insufficient bounds checking in ASP (AMD Secure Processor) may allow for an out of bounds read in SMI (System Management Interface) mailbox checksum calculation triggering a data abort, resulting in a potential denial of service.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Amd
168
Hardware
Amd
56

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overread Buffers
    An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.