VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-26318
A timing and power-based side channel attack leveraging the x86 PREFETCH instructions on some AMD CPUs could potentially result in leaked kernel address space information.
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A timing and power-based side channel attack leveraging the x86 PREFETCH instructions on some AMD CPUs could potentially result in leaked kernel address space information.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-208, CWE-203
- Affected
- amd/athlon firmware · amd/athlon pro firmware · amd/epyc firmware · amd/ryzen firmware · amd/ryzen pro firmware
- Source
- psirt@amd.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.