CVE-2024-36354 Privilege escalation in AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Attackers with physical or ring0 access can bypass SMM isolation to execute arbitrary code at the System Management Mode level on AMD processors.
- 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-2024-36354?
CVE-2024-36354 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, published on 6 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper input validation for DIMM serial presence detect (SPD) metadata could allow an attacker with physical access, ring0 access on a system with a non-compliant DIMM, or control over the Root of Trust for BIOS update, to bypass SMM isolation potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution at the SMM level.
Weakness: CWE-1231
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36354?
How do I fix CVE-2024-36354?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36354 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-36354 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36354 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-62pp-fmpv-gcf4.