CVE-2023-20560 — Insufficient validation of the IOCTL (Input Output Control) input buffer in AMD

Insufficient validation of the IOCTL (Input Output Control) input buffer in AMD Ryzen™ Master may allow a privileged attacker to provide a null value potentially resulting in a Windows crash leading to denial of service.

01What is this vulnerability?

Insufficient validation of the IOCTL (Input Output Control) input buffer in AMD Ryzen™ Master may allow a privileged attacker to provide a null value potentially resulting in a Windows crash leading to denial of service.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
—	AMD / Ryzen™ Master —	—

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: 2023-08-15T21:08:47.904Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-08T19:29:52.840Z

09References

• www.amd.com — https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7004