CVE-2022-27674 Denial of service in AMD μProf

What is CVE-2022-27674?

CVE-2022-27674 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in AMD μProf, published on 9 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient validation in the IOCTL input/output buffer in AMD μProf may allow an attacker to bypass bounds checks potentially leading to a Windows kernel crash resulting in denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27674?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Amd Amd Uprof.

How do I fix CVE-2022-27674?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27674 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-27674 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27674 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in AMD μProf

• CVE-2021-26334 AMD Chipset Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability Critical 9.9
• CVE-2023-20562 Untitled advisory High 7.8
• CVE-2022-23831 Denial of service in AMD μProf High 7.5
• CVE-2023-20556 Untitled advisory Medium 5.5
• CVE-2023-20561 Untitled advisory Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jm9q-fgcx-m964.