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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.