CVE-2025-29938 Memory corruption in AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 Series Processors
An unchecked return value in AMD PMF allows attackers to write to arbitrary memory, causing denial of service or code execution on affected Ryzen processors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-29938?
CVE-2025-29938 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 Series Processors, published on 15 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unchecked return value within the AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) could allow an attacker to write to an arbitrary memory address resulting in denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
Weakness: CWE-252
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-29938?
How do I fix CVE-2025-29938?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-29938 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-2025-29938 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-29938 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mh6f-jq3x-vvpv.