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CVE-2023-20518 — Incomplete cleanup in the ASP may expose the Master Encryption Key (MEK) to a pr

Incomplete cleanup in the ASP may expose the Master Encryption Key (MEK) to a privileged attacker with access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell and a memory exfiltration vulnerability, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality.

CVSS
1.9 LOW
EPSS
0.05% (top 84.10%)
CWE
—
Published
2024-08-13T16:52:55.976Z
Last modified
2024-11-05T17:10:30.170Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Incomplete cleanup in the ASP may expose the Master Encryption Key (MEK) to a privileged attacker with access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell and a memory exfiltration vulnerability, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AMDAMD EPYC™ 9004 Series ProcessorsGenoaPI 1.0.0.4
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop ProcessorsComboAM4V1 1.0.0.A, ComboAM4V2 1.2.0.A
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop ProcessorsComboAM4V2 1.2.0.A
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ GraphicsComboAM4V2 1.2.0.A
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop ProcessorsComboAM5 1.0.0.6
AMDAMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsComboAM4V2 1.2.0.A, ComboAM4V1 1.0.0.A
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsComboAM4V2 1.2.0.A
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series ProcessorsCastlePeakPI-SP3r3 1.0.0.9
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series ProcessorsChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.6, CastlePeakWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.B
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX ProcessorsChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.6
AMDAMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsPicassoPI-FP5 1.0.0.F
AMDAMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsPollockPI-FT5 1.0.0.5
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processor with Radeon™ GraphicsPicassoPI-FP5 1.0.0.F
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsRenoirPI-FP6 1.0.0.C
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsCezannePI-FP6 1.0.0.E
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsCezannePI-FP6 1.0.0.E
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsMendocinoPI-FT6 1.0.0.4
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsRembrandtPI-FP7 1.0.0.8
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsRembrandtPI-FP7 1.0.0.8
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsCezannePI-FP6 1.0.0.E
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsCezannePI-FP6 1.0.0.E
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000 Series ProcessorsEmbeddedPI-FP5 1.2.0.A
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000 Series ProcessorsEmbeddedR2KPI-FP5 1.0.0.2
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000 Series ProcessorsEmbAM4PI 1.0.0.3
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded 7000 Series ProcessorsEmbeddedAM5PI 1.0.0.0
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 Series Processorsvarious
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded V2000 Series ProcessorsEmbeddedPI-FP6 1.0.0.8
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded V3000 Series ProcessorsEmbeddedPI-FP7r2 1.0.0.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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