CVE-2018-8932
The AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure...
The AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure Processor, aka RYZENFALL-2, RYZENFALL-3, and RYZENFALL-4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure Processor, aka RYZENFALL-2, RYZENFALL-3, and RYZENFALL-4.
- Record
CVE-2018-8932- CVSS 3.0
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure Processor, aka RYZENFALL-2, RYZENFALL-3, and RYZENFALL-4.
- Record
CVE-2018-8932- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20540 No score
The AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure Processor, aka RYZENFALL-2, RYZENFALL-3, and RYZENFALL-4.
- Record
EUVD-2018-20540- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p5rm-chg6-p3j7
The AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure...
The AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure Processor, aka RYZENFALL-2, RYZENFALL-3, and RYZENFALL-4.
- Record
GHSA-p5rm-chg6-p3j7- CVSS 3.0
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-8932 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) in Amd Ryzen Firmware, published March 22, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.66%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
amdflaws.com
blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary
community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research
safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8932
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5rm-chg6-p3j7