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CVE-2023-20578 — A TOCTOU (Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use) in SMM may allow an attacker with ring0 pri

A TOCTOU (Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use) in SMM may allow an attacker with ring0 privileges and access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell to modify the communications buffer potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

CVSS
7.5 HIGH
EPSS
0.08% (top 77.50%)
CWE
—
Published
2024-08-13T16:52:58.457Z
Last modified
2025-03-18T20:03:43.905Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A TOCTOU (Time-Of-Check-Time-Of-Use) in SMM may allow an attacker with ring0 privileges and access to the BIOS menu or UEFI shell to modify the communications buffer potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AMDAMD EPYC™ 7001 ProcessorsNaplesPI 1.0.0.K
AMDAMD EPYC™ 7002 ProcessorsRomePI 1.0.0.G
AMDAMD EPYC™ 7003 ProcessorsMilanPI 1.0.0.B
AMDAMD EPYC™ 9004 ProcessorsGenoaPI 1.0.0.2
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop ProcessorsComboAM5 1.0.0.1
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX ProcessorsChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.7
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsMendocinoPI-FT6 1.0.0.0
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsRembrandtPI-FP7 1.0.0.9b
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsRembrandtPI-FP7 1.0.0.9b
AMDAMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000SnowyOwl PI 1.1.0.A
AMDAMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002EmbRomePI-SP3 1.0.0.A
AMDAMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003EmbMilanPI-SP3 1.0.0.7
AMDAMD EPYC™ Embedded 9003EmbGenoaPI-SP5 1.0.0.0
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded 7000EmbeddedAM5PI 1.0.0.0
AMDAMD RyzenTM Embedded V3000EmbeddedPI-FP7r2 1.0.0.8

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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