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CVE-2021-26316

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-26316 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting AMD BIOS, stemming from insufficient validation of communication buffers and services. This flaw could enable a local attacker to tamper with these buffers, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution within System Management Mode (SMM). With a CVSS score of 7.8, it presents a significant risk of high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low privileges and local access. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< romepi_1.0.0.dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:amd:epyc_7h12_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< romepi_1.0.0.dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:amd:epyc_7f72_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< romepi_1.0.0.dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:amd:epyc_7f52_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< romepi_1.0.0.dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:amd:epyc_7f32_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< romepi_1.0.0.dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:amd:epyc_7742_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-26316Important

hw: amd: arbitrary code execution in bios due to a fault in communication buffer

Jan 10, 2023

References

amd.com / en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-1031
Vendor Advisory
amd.com / en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-1032
Vendor Advisory