Improper Initialization within the AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) firmware can…
Priority LOW 26CWE-457Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Improper Initialization within the AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) firmware can allow an admin privileged attacker to corrupt RMP covered memory, potentially resulting in loss of guest memory integrity
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0017 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed AMD EPYC™ 9005 Series Processors (AMD): TurinPI 1.0.0.6AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9005 Series Processors (AMD): EmbTurinPI-SP5_1.0.0.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AMD EPYC™ 9005 Series Processors (AMD) Fixed in TurinPI 1.0.0.6
- Fix · CNA AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9005 Series Processors (AMD) Fixed in EmbTurinPI-SP5_1.0.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-29952
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-36p6-h78p-cx2w
More AMD vulnerabilities
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- TI-2023-07046 Improper privilege management in AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Cards CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-04574 GPU kernel implementations susceptible to memory leak CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-07042 Information disclosure through error messages in AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2023-23747 PVRIC (PowerVR Image Compression) on Imagination 2018 and later GPU devices offers… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2022-07839 Improper access control in System Management Mode (SMM) may allow an attacker to write to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-29952 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-29952 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-36p6-h78p-cx2w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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