CVE-2013-6885
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.
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 48% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- amd:16h_model_00h_processor
- amd:16h_model_0fh_processor
- amd:16h_model_processor_firmware
References
- http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/2011-December/046594.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123553.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124195.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124199.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html