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CVE-2021-46772

Insufficient input validation in the ABL may allow a privileged attacker with access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell to tamper with the structure headers in SPI ROM causing an out of bounds memory read and write, potentially resulting in memory…

LOW 3.9EPSS 0.18%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Insufficient input validation in the ABL may allow a privileged attacker with access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell to tamper with the structure headers in SPI ROM causing an out of bounds memory read and write, potentially resulting in memory corruption or denial of service.

CVSS 3.1
3.9 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS
0.18% probability · 8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125, CWE-787
Source
psirt@amd.com

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