High severity · published Nov 9, 2022
CVE-2022-27674
Insufficient validation in the IOCTL input/output buffer in AMD μProf may allow an attacker to bypass bounds checks potentially leading to a Windows kernel crash resulting in…
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insufficient validation in the IOCTL input/output buffer in AMD μProf may allow an attacker to bypass bounds checks potentially leading to a Windows kernel crash resulting in denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AΜ
AMD μProf · AMD
AMDuProf_FreeBSD_x64 before 3.6.549; AMDuProf Windows before 3.6.839; AMDuProf Linux before 3.6-449 · source: vendor
AU
Amd Uprof · Amd
before 3.6.549; before 3.6.839; before 3.6.449 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27674
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27674
Vendor Advisory
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1046
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