Critical severity9.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 22, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-8934
CVE-2018-8934
Description
The Promontory chipset, as used in AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro platforms, has a backdoor in firmware, aka CHIMERA-FW.
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References
4- 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
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