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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-20569

A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction.

MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 7.30%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled address, potentially leading to information disclosure.

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
7.30% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-203
Affected
fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · amd/ryzen 9 5950x firmware · amd/ryzen 9 5900x firmware · amd/ryzen 9 5900 firmware · amd/ryzen 9 pro 5945 firmware · amd/ryzen 7 5800x3d firmware · amd/ryzen 7 5800x firmware · amd/ryzen 7 5800 firmware · amd/ryzen 7 5700x firmware · amd/ryzen 7 pro 5845 firmware · amd/ryzen 5 5600x3d firmware · amd/ryzen 5 5600x firmware · amd/ryzen 5 5600 firmware · amd/ryzen 5 pro 5645 firmware · amd/ryzen 7 5700 firmware · amd/ryzen 5 5500 firmware · amd/ryzen 3 5100 firmware · amd/ryzen 7 5700g firmware · amd/ryzen 7 5700ge firmware · +40 more
Source
psirt@amd.com

References

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