CVE-2023-20587 (GCVE-0-2023-20587)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-13 19:31 – Updated: 2025-05-07 21:10
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Summary
Improper Access Control in System Management Mode (SMM) may allow an attacker access to the SPI flash potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
AMD
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
AMD 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors Affected: various
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