CVE-2013-6885

AMD 16h Model Processor Firmware - Denial of Service via Locked Instructions and Write-Combined Memory Interaction

Title source: llm

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.

References (22)

Core 22

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/02/1

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123553.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124195.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124199.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63983

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029415

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/55840

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00026.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89335

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html

Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/2011-December/046594.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035823

Scores

EPSS 0.0071

EPSS Percentile 72.6%

Details

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (3)

amd/16h_model_00h_processor

amd/16h_model_0fh_processor

amd/16h_model_processor_firmware

Published Nov 29, 2013

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026