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CVE-2024-21980Improper restriction of write operations in SNP firmware could allow a malicious hypervisor to potentially overwrite a guest's memory or…
- 7.9HighCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Improper restriction of write operations in SNP firmware could allow a malicious hypervisor to potentially overwrite a guest's memory or UMC seed resulting in loss of confidentiality and integrity.
Timeline
ID reserved
By AMD
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMDCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.9.
Affected products
AMD · 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
- affected various – < MilanPI 1.0.0.D
AMD · 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
- affected various – < GenoaPI 1.0.0.C
- affected various – < EmbMilanPI-SP3 1.0.0.9
- affected various – < EmbGenoaPI-SP5 1.0.0.7
References
References1
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-2024-19586 (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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