CVE-2025-54502

high

Description

Incorrect use of boot service in the AMD Platform Configuration Blob (APCB) SMM driver could allow a privileged attacker with local access (Ring 0) to achieve privilege escalation potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

References

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7054.html

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-54502.json

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459023

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54502

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-16

Updated: 2026-06-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N