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CVE-2025-0009 — A NULL pointer dereference in AMD Crash Defender could allow an attacker to writ

A NULL pointer dereference in AMD Crash Defender could allow an attacker to write a NULL output to a log file potentially resulting in a system crash and loss of availability.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
2.00% (top 95.50%)
CWE
CWE-476
Published
2025-09-06T18:12:45.679Z
Last modified
2025-09-08T14:35:46.513Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A NULL pointer dereference in AMD Crash Defender could allow an attacker to write a NULL output to a log file potentially resulting in a system crash and loss of availability.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processor with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop ProcessorsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 8040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processor with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Mobile ProcessorsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Processor with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series Desktop ProcessorsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop ProcessorsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ GraphicsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01), AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded 7000 Series Processorswhql-amd-software-adrenalin-edition-25.6.1-win10-win11-june5-rdna.exe
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Embedded 8000 Series Processorswhql-amd-software-adrenalin-edition-25.6.1-win10-win11-june5-rdna.exe
AMDAMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics ProductsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01)
AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO W5000 Series Graphics ProductsAMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series Graphics ProductsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01)
AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO W6000 Series Graphics ProductsAMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Radeon™ RX 7000 Series Graphics ProductsAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 (24.20.19.01)
AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO W7000 Series Graphics ProductsAMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4 (24.20.30)
AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO V520 Graphics ProductsContact your AMD Customer Engineering representative
AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO V620 Graphics ProductsContact your AMD Customer Engineering representative
AMDAMD Radeon™ PRO V710 Graphics ProductsContact your AMD Customer Engineering representative

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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