CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-8935
9.0 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-03-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
The Promontory chipset, as used in AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro platforms, has a backdoor in the ASIC, aka CHIMERA-HW.
Affected configurations
• amd ryzen pro firmware
• amd ryzen firmware
References
- https://amdflaws.com/ Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/ Third Party Advisory
- https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research Vendor Advisory
- https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf Third Party Advisory
- https://amdflaws.com/ Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/ Third Party Advisory
- https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research Vendor Advisory
- https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf Third Party Advisory