CVE-2023-20524 — An attacker with a compromised ASP could possibly send malformed commands to an

An attacker with a compromised ASP could possibly send malformed commands to an ASP on another CPU, resulting in an out of bounds write, potentially leading to a loss a loss of integrity.

01What is this vulnerability?

An attacker with a compromised ASP could possibly send malformed commands to an ASP on another CPU, resulting in an out of bounds write, potentially leading to a loss a loss of integrity.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
AMD	2nd Gen AMD EPYC™	various
AMD	3rd Gen AMD EPYC™	various

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2023-05-09T18:36:29.876Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-28T15:51:34.268Z

09References

• www.amd.com — https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-3001