CVE-2025-6202 (GCVE-0-2025-6202)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 15:06 – Updated: 2025-09-15 18:04
VLAI
Title
Phoenix: Rowhammer attack on Hynix DDR5 devices
Summary
Vulnerability in SK Hynix DDR5 on x86 allows a local attacker to trigger Rowhammer bit flips impacting the Hardware Integrity and the system's security. This issue affects DDR5: DIMMs produced from 2021-1 until 2024-12.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-15 15:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Assigner
NCSC.ch CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 81 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SK Hynix DDR5 Affected: DIMMs produced from 2021-1 until 2024-12
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