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Critical severity9.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 22, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-8936

CVE-2018-8936

Description

The AMD EPYC Server, Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, and Ryzen Mobile processor chips allow Platform Security Processor (PSP) privilege escalation.

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Affected products

7

AMD/Epyc Server Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:amd:epyc_server_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
AMD/Ryzen Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
AMD/Ryzen Mobile Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_mobile_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
AMD/Ryzen Pro Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
AMD/EPYC Serverllm-create
AMD/Ryzenllm-create2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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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