CVE-2021-39298 (GCVE-0-2021-39298)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-02-16 16:38
Modified
2024-08-04 02:06
Severity ?
CWE
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Summary
A potential vulnerability in AMD System Management Mode (SMM) interrupt handler may allow an attacker with high privileges to access the SMM resulting in arbitrary code execution which could be used by malicious actors to bypass security mechanisms provided in the UEFI firmware.
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AMD 2nd Gen EPYC Version: Various
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