The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and…

Description

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (22)

• SUSE-SU-2014:0470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20131202 Xen Security Advisory 82 (CVE-2013-6885) - Guest triggerable AMD CPU erratum may cause host to hang (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0373 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2013-22754 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2013-22888 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• GLSA-201407-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• FEDORA-2013-22866 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 63983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1029415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 55840 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20131127 CVE-2013-6885 AMD Publ. 51810 Errata 793 system hang (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-3128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• xen-cve20136885-dos(89335) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [kernel] 20111225 Buildworld loop seg-fault update -- I believe it is hardware (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035823 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 17:53 UTC.