CVE-2023-20589 fTPM Voltage Fault Injection
Physical attackers can bypass ASP secure boot via voltage fault injection, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution on affected AMD processors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-20589?
CVE-2023-20589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 5000 Series Processors, published on 8 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An attacker with specialized hardware and physical access to an impacted device may be able to perform a voltage fault injection attack resulting in compromise of the ASP secure boot potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20589?
It affects 122 products.
Products include Amd 4700s Firmware, Amd Athlon Gold 3150c Firmware, Amd Athlon Gold 3150g Firmware, Amd Athlon Gold 3150ge Firmware, Amd Athlon Gold 3150u Firmware, Amd Athlon Gold Pro 3150g Firmware and 116 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-20589?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20589 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-20589 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20589 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p4r5-8jr9-cwgv.