CVE-2018-8930 describes a critical vulnerability in AMD EPYC Server, Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, and Ryzen Mobile processors due to insufficient enforcement of Hardware Validated Boot (MASTERKEY-1, MASTERKEY-2, and MASTERKEY-3). This flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.0 (Critical), allows for remote exploitation with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_mobile_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:amd:epyc_server_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.4 Reddit, 1.1 Bluesky, 0.8 Mastodon, and 2.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.8 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.