CVE-2023-20563
Insufficient protections in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker to...
Insufficient protections in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficient protections in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2023-20563- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Insufficient protections in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2023-20563- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-24742
Insufficient protections in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2023-24742- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cjh4-hrfc-4xj7
Insufficient protections in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker to...
Insufficient protections in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
GHSA-cjh4-hrfc-4xj7- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- amd ryzen™ embedded 5000
- amd ryzen™ embedded r1000
- amd ryzen™ embedded r2000
- amd ryzen™ embedded v3000
- amd ryzen™ 5000 series processors with radeon™ graphics “barcelo”
- amd ryzen™ 6000 series processors with radeon™ graphics "rembrandt"
- amd ryzen™ 7030 series mobile processors with radeon™ graphics “barcelo-r”
- amd ryzen™ 7035 series processors with radeon™ graphics “rembrandt-r”
- amd ryzen 3 5100 firmware
- amd ryzen 3 5125c firmware
- amd ryzen 3 5300g firmware
- amd ryzen 3 5300ge firmware
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- amd ryzen 3 5400u firmware
- amd ryzen 3 5425u firmware
- amd ryzen 3 7335u firmware
- amd ryzen 3 pro 7330u firmware
- amd ryzen 3 pro 7440u firmware
- amd ryzen 5000 series desktop processors with radeon graphics
- amd ryzen 5000 series mobile processors with radeon graphics
- amd ryzen 5000 series processors with radeon graphics
- amd ryzen 5 5500 firmware
- amd ryzen 5 5500h firmware
- amd ryzen 5 5560u firmware
- amd ryzen 5 5600g firmware
- amd ryzen 5 5600ge firmware
- amd ryzen 5 5600h firmware
- amd ryzen 5 5600hs firmware
- amd ryzen 5 5600u firmware
- amd ryzen 5 5625u firmware
- amd ryzen 5 6600h firmware
- amd ryzen 5 6600hs firmware
- amd ryzen 5 6600u firmware
- amd ryzen 5 7500f firmware
- amd ryzen 5 7535hs firmware
- amd ryzen 5 7535u firmware
- amd ryzen 5 7600 firmware
- amd ryzen 5 7600x firmware
- amd ryzen 5 pro 7530u firmware
- amd ryzen 5 pro 7540u firmware
- amd ryzen 5 pro 7545u firmware
- amd ryzen 5 pro 7640h firmware
- amd ryzen 5 pro 7640hs firmware
- amd ryzen 5 pro 7640u firmware
- amd ryzen 6000 series processors with radeon graphics
- amd ryzen 7000 series desktop processors
- amd ryzen 7030 series mobile processors with radeon graphics
- amd ryzen 7035 series processors with radeon graphics
- amd ryzen 7040 series mobile processors with radeon graphics
- amd ryzen 7 5700 firmware
- amd ryzen 7 5700g firmware
- amd ryzen 7 5700ge firmware
- amd ryzen 7 5800h firmware
- amd ryzen 7 5800hs firmware
- amd ryzen 7 5800u firmware
- amd ryzen 7 5825u firmware
- amd ryzen 7 6800h firmware
- amd ryzen 7 6800hs firmware
- amd ryzen 7 6800u firmware
- amd ryzen 7 7700 firmware
- amd ryzen 7 7700x firmware
- amd ryzen 7 7735hs firmware
- amd ryzen 7 7735u firmware
- amd ryzen 7 7736u firmware
- amd ryzen 7 7800x3d firmware
- amd ryzen 7 pro 7730u firmware
- amd ryzen 7 pro 7840h firmware
- amd ryzen 7 pro 7840hs firmware
- amd ryzen 7 pro 7840u firmware
- amd ryzen 9 5900hs firmware
- amd ryzen 9 5900hx firmware
- amd ryzen 9 5980hs firmware
- amd ryzen 9 5980hx firmware
- amd ryzen 9 6900hs firmware
- amd ryzen 9 6900hx firmware
- amd ryzen 9 6980hs firmware
- amd ryzen 9 6980hx firmware
- amd ryzen 9 7900 firmware
- amd ryzen 9 7900x3d firmware
- amd ryzen 9 7900x firmware
- amd ryzen 9 7950x3d firmware
- amd ryzen 9 7950x firmware
- amd ryzen 9 pro 7940h firmware
- amd ryzen 9 pro 7940hs firmware
- amd ryzen embedded 5000
- amd ryzen embedded r1000
- amd ryzen embedded r2000
- amd ryzen embedded v3000
- amd ryzen pro 3900 firmware
- amd ryzen pro 7645 firmware
- amd ryzen pro 7745 firmware
- amd ryzen pro 7945 firmware
- amd ryzen™ 5000 series desktop processor with radeon™ graphics “cezanne”
- amd ryzen™ 5000 series mobile processors with radeon™ graphics “cezanne”
- amd ryzen™ 7000 series desktop processors “raphael” xd3
- amd ryzen™ 7040 series mobile processors with radeon™ graphics “phoenix” fp7/fp7r2/fp8
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-20563 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Amd Ryzen™ Embedded 5000, published November 14, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.