SMM code execution via insufficient buffer validation
Published Feb 11, 2025 · Updated Jun 27, 2025
Improper input validation in the AmdPspP2CmboxV2 UEFI module allows local users to overwrite SMRAM and execute code in SMM. The module fails to validate one or more input buffers before an SMM operation, permitting attacker-controlled data to overwrite protected SMRAM. Ring-0 privileges are required, and successful exploitation crosses into highly privileged System Management Mode.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in the AmdPspP2CmboxV2 UEFI module allows local users to overwrite SMRAM and execute code in SMM. The module fails to validate one or more input buffers before an SMM operation, permitting attacker-controlled data to overwrite protected SMRAM. Ring-0 privileges are required, and successful exploitation crosses into highly privileged System Management Mode.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-21925
- Published
- Feb 11, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Product
- AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 Series Processors
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Feb 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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