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CVE-2023-20561

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20561 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in AMD µProf, affecting AMD µProf, Linux Kernel, and Windows operating systems. An authenticated user can exploit insufficient validation of the IOCTL input buffer to send an arbitrary address, causing a Windows crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high impact to availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.1.396CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amd:amd_uprof:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.1-424CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amd:amd_uprof:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-20561Moderate

hw: amd: uProf allow user to send arbitrary address leading to dos

Aug 8, 2023

References

amd.com / en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7003
PatchVendor Advisory