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CVE-2013-6885
The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and…
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.59%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 52% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- SUSE-SU-2014:0470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131202 Xen Security Advisory 82 (CVE-2013-6885) - Guest triggerable AMD CPU erratum may cause host to hang (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0373 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-22754 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-22888 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201407-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-22866 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 63983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1029415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 55840 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131127 CVE-2013-6885 AMD Publ. 51810 Errata 793 system hang (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- xen-cve20136885-dos(89335) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [kernel] 20111225 Buildworld loop seg-fault update -- I believe it is hardware (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035823 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-6687 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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