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CVE-2025-0032 — Improper cleanup in AMD CPU microcode patch loading could allow an attacker with

Improper cleanup in AMD CPU microcode patch loading could allow an attacker with local administrator privilege to load malicious CPU microcode, potentially resulting in loss of integrity of x86 instruction execution.

CVSS
7.2 HIGH
EPSS
1.00% (top 0.00%)
CWE
CWE-459
Published
2025-09-06T18:34:33.606Z
Last modified
2026-02-26T17:49:08.978Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper cleanup in AMD CPU microcode patch loading could allow an attacker with local administrator privilege to load malicious CPU microcode, potentially resulting in loss of integrity of x86 instruction execution.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AMDAMD EPYC™ 9005 Series ProcessorsTurinPI 1.0.0.4
AMDAMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series ProcessorsStrixKrackanPI-FP8_1.1.0.1b
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series Desktop ProcessorsComboAM5PI 1.2.0.3c
AMDAMD Ryzen™ 9000HX Series ProcessorsFireRangeFL1PI 1.0.0.0a
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Al Max+StrixHaloPI-FP11_1.0.0.1
AMDAMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 9000 seriesShimadaPeakPI-SP6 1.0.0.1
AMDAMD EPYC™ Embedded 9000 Series ProcessorsEmbturin PI 1.0.0.0

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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