CVE-2018-8935
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Published: March 22, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:05 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorRyzen FirmwareRyzen Pro FirmwareRyzen
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The Promontory chipset, as used in AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro platforms, has a backdoor in the ASIC, aka CHIMERA-HW.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-researchx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdfQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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