CVE-2025-45006

critical

Description

Improper mstatus.SUM bit retention (non-zero) in Open-Source RISC-V Processor commit f517abb violates privileged spec constraints, enabling potential physical memory access attacks.

References

https://lf-riscv.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/16154769/RISC-V+Technical+Specifications#ISA-Specifications

https://github.com/heyfenny/Vulnerability_disclosure/blob/main/RISCV/Rocket-chip/CVE-2025-45006/details.md

https://github.com/chipsalliance/rocket-chip.git

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-07-01

Updated: 2025-07-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017