CVE-2023-20509 Memory corruption in AMD Radeon™ PRO W6000 Series Graphics Cards
A privileged attacker can exploit insufficient DRAM address validation in AMD Radeon GPU firmware to perform unauthorized DMA reads, compromising data integrity.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-20509?
CVE-2023-20509 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in AMD Radeon™ PRO W6000 Series Graphics Cards, published on 13 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An insufficient DRAM address validation in PMFW may allow a privileged attacker to perform a DMA read from an invalid DRAM address to SRAM, potentially resulting in loss of data integrity.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20509?
How do I fix CVE-2023-20509?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20509 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2023-20509 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3763-pmwr-w4qp.