CVE-2024-21944

medium

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 potentially overwrite guest memory resulting in loss of guest data integrity.

References

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/12/11/badram-amd-hack-cve-2024-21944/

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-3015.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-10

Updated: 2026-06-11

Named Vulnerability: BadRAM

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00141