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CVE-2021-46795 (GCVE-0-2021-46795)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-10 20:53 – Updated: 2025-04-09 15:13
VLAI
Summary
A TOCTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) vulnerability exists where an attacker may use a compromised BIOS to cause the TEE OS to read memory out of bounds that could potentially result in a denial of service.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-09 15:13 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Affected: various
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AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Affected: various
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Date Public
2023-01-10 17:30
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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