CVE-2025-48516 Misconfiguration in AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Local attackers can exploit insecure default firmware settings to cause permanent denial of service or corrupt memory integrity on AMD 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-2025-48516?
CVE-2025-48516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, 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
Insecure default configuration state of DDR5 memory module by AGESA Bootloader Firmware could allow an attacker with local user privilege to abuse the unprotected PMIC interface to create a permanent denial of service condition or affect the integrity of the memory module.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48516?
How do I fix CVE-2025-48516?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-48516 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48516 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jfhv-mg7w-4348.