CVE-2017-7262
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The AMD Ryzen processor with AGESA microcode through 2017-01-27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an application that makes a long series of FMA3 instructions, as demonstrated by the Flops test suite.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd | ryzen | {"endIncluding":"2017-01-27"} | |
References
- http://forum.hwbot.org/showpost.php?p=480524
- http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=167605
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97098
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924192
- https://www.techpowerup.com/231536/amd-ryzen-machine-crashes-to-a-sequence-of-fma3-instructions
- http://forum.hwbot.org/showpost.php?p=480524
- http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=167605
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97098
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924192
- https://www.techpowerup.com/231536/amd-ryzen-machine-crashes-to-a-sequence-of-fma3-instructions
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.