CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-20597

Improper Initialization

Published: Sep 20, 2023 | Modified: Sep 22, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Improper initialization of variables in the DXE driver may allow a privileged user to leak sensitive information via local access.

Weakness

The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ryzen_3_3100_firmware Amd comboam4pi_1.0.0.9 (including) comboam4pi_1.0.0.9 (including)
Ryzen_3_3100_firmware Amd comboam4v2pi_1.2.0.8 (including) comboam4v2pi_1.2.0.8 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, in Java, if the programmer does not explicitly initialize a variable, then the code could produce a compile-time error (if the variable is local) or automatically initialize the variable to the default value for the variable’s type. In Perl, if explicit initialization is not performed, then a default value of undef is assigned, which is interpreted as 0, false, or an equivalent value depending on the context in which the variable is accessed.

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