SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-20597

CVE-2023-20597 — Improper initialization of variables in the DXE driver may allow a privileged us

Improper initialization of variables in the DXE driver may allow a privileged user to leak sensitive information via local access.

CVSS
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EPSS
0.08% (top 76.10%)
CWE
CWE-824
Published
2023-09-20T17:32:18.969Z
Last modified
2025-06-27T21:45:52.386Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Improper initialization of variables in the DXE driver may allow a privileged user to leak sensitive information via local access.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AMDRyzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors “Matisse”various
AMDRyzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors “Vermeer”various
AMDRyzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics “Cezanne”various
AMDRyzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors “Castle Peak” HEDTvarious
AMDRyzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors “Castle Peak” WS SP3various
AMDRyzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors “Chagall” WS SP3various
AMDRyzen™ 6000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics "Rembrandt"various
AMDRyzen™ 7035 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics "RembrandtR" — various
AMDRyzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics "Barcelo"various
AMDRyzen™ 7030 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “BarceloR” — various
AMDAMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003EmbMilanPI-SP3 1.0.0.6
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000EmbAM4PI 1.0.0.2
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded V2000EmbeddedPI-FP6 1.0.0.8
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded V3000EmbeddedPI-FP7r2 1.0.0.4

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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