CVE-2013-6885

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

29/11/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

4.70

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:amd:16h_model_processor_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:amd:16h_model_00h_processor:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:amd:16h_model_0fh_processor:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2013-6885

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools