Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-46764

High

Published: 09 May 2023

Published
09 May 2023
Modified
28 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0054 68.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-46764 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Amd Epyc 72F3 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper validation of DRAM addresses in SMU may allow an attacker to overwrite sensitive memory locations within the ASP potentially resulting in a denial of service.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

amd
epyc 72f3 firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 7313 firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 7313p firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 7343 firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 7373x firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 73f3 firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 7413 firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 7443 firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 7443p firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
amd
epyc 7453 firmware
milanpi_1.0.0.9
+38 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References