# CVE-2025-48502: Denial of service in AMD μProf

> A local attacker can exploit improper input validation in AMD μProf to overwrite MSR registers, causing a system crash or denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j3jg-v72q-9mx9

## What is CVE-2025-48502?

CVE-2025-48502 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in AMD μProf, published on 21 Nov 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 AMD uprof can allow a local attacker to overwrite MSR registers, potentially resulting in crash or denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-1285 (Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48502?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Amd Uprof.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-48502?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48502 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-48502 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48502 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in AMD μProf

- [CVE-2023-31341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31341/): Memory corruption in μProf Tool (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-31348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31348/): Privilege escalation in μProf Tool (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-31349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31349/): Privilege escalation in μProf Tool (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-48510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48510/): Security feature bypass in AMD μProf (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2026-0466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0466/): Missing authorization in AMD µProf (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48502 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48502 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in AMD μProf, published on 21 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48502 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AMD μProf. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48502/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48502/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48502
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48502
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48502

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48502/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.