CVE-2023-20571

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: November 14, 2023 at 06:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:30 AM UTC
148 products affected across 1 vendorRyzen 5 5600U FirmwareRyzen 5 5600HS FirmwareRyzen 5 5600H Firmware

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A race condition in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker using a compromised user space to leverage CVE-2018-8897 potentially resulting in privilege escalation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < comboam4v2_1.2.0.b
Affected range stops below comboam4v2_1.2.0.b, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
amd-ryzen-3-5100 (same device)
v < cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f
Affected range stops below cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
amd-ryzen-3-5125c (same device)
v < comboam4v2_1.2.0.b
Affected range stops below comboam4v2_1.2.0.b, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < comboam4v2_1.2.0.b
Affected range stops below comboam4v2_1.2.0.b, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
amd-ryzen-3-5300ge (same device)
v < cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f
Affected range stops below cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
amd-ryzen-3-5400u (same device)
v < cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f
Affected range stops below cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
amd-ryzen-3-5425u (same device)
v < rembrandtpi-fp7_1.0.0.9
Affected range stops below rembrandtpi-fp7_1.0.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f
Affected range stops below cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
amd-ryzen-3-pro-7330u (same device)
v < phoenixpi-fp8-fp7_pi_1.0.0.1g
Affected range stops below phoenixpi-fp8-fp7_pi_1.0.0.1g, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
amd-ryzen-3-pro-7440u (same device)
v < comboam4v2_1.2.0.b
Affected range stops below comboam4v2_1.2.0.b, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
amd-ryzen-5-5500 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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