CVE-2024-21925 Memory corruption in AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
A privileged attacker can exploit improper input validation in AMD PSP drivers to overwrite SMRAM, enabling arbitrary code execution.
- 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-2024-21925?
CVE-2024-21925 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, published on 11 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper input validation within the AmdPspP2CmboxV2 driver may allow a privileged attacker to overwrite SMRAM, leading to arbitrary code execution.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21925?
How do I fix CVE-2024-21925?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21925 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-2024-21925 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21925 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m78v-p3pw-4h65.