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CVE-2021-46763

Insufficient input validation in the SMU may enable a privileged attacker to write beyond the...

7.5 High

Insufficient input validation in the SMU may enable a privileged attacker to write beyond the intended bounds of a shared memory buffer potentially leading to a loss of integrity.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Up 0.5 points since May 10, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Insufficient input validation in the SMU may enable a privileged attacker to write beyond the intended bounds of a shared memory buffer potentially leading to a loss of integrity.

Record
CVE-2021-46763
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 7.5

Insufficient input validation in the SMU may enable a privileged attacker to write beyond the intended bounds of a shared memory buffer potentially leading to a loss of integrity.

Record
CVE-2021-46763
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-33419 7.5

Insufficient input validation in the SMU may enable a privileged attacker to write beyond the intended bounds of a shared memory buffer potentially leading to a loss of integrity.

Record
EUVD-2021-33419
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4c6m-4p4p-3j5f 7.5

Insufficient input validation in the SMU may enable a privileged attacker to write beyond the...

Insufficient input validation in the SMU may enable a privileged attacker to write beyond the intended bounds of a shared memory buffer potentially leading to a loss of integrity.

Record
GHSA-4c6m-4p4p-3j5f
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2021-46763 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Amd 2nd Gen Amd Epyc™, published May 9, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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