CVE-2017-7262

The AMD Ryzen processor with AGESA microcode through 2017-01-27 allows local users to cause a...

5.5 Medium

The AMD Ryzen processor with AGESA microcode through 2017-01-27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an application that makes a long series of FMA3 instructions, as demonstrated by the Flops test suite.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.38%Down 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

Record: CVE-2017-7262
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 4.9 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-7262
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-16293 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-16293
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-548h-j794-xmvp 5.5

The AMD Ryzen processor with AGESA microcode through 2017-01-27 allows local users to cause a...

Record: GHSA-548h-j794-xmvp
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

amd ryzen

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-7262 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Amd Ryzen, published March 25, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.