Critical severity9.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 22, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-8930
CVE-2018-8930
Description
The AMD EPYC Server, Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, and Ryzen Mobile processor chips have insufficient enforcement of Hardware Validated Boot, aka MASTERKEY-1, MASTERKEY-2, and MASTERKEY-3.
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Affected products
8- cpe:2.3:o:amd:epyc_server_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_mobile_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
5- amdflaws.comnvdThird Party Advisory
- blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/nvdThird Party Advisory
- community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-researchnvdVendor Advisory
- safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdfnvdThird Party Advisory
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
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