[NEW] [medium] AMD Processor: Multiple Vulnerabilities

mediumCVE-2025-54512 CVE-2026-0465

A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in AMD Processor to elevate privileges or cause a denial of service.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: AMD product: Processor Privilege escalation Denial of service

What: Multiple vulnerabilities in AMD processors allow local attackers to escalate privileges or cause denial of service.
Who is affected: Systems running AMD processors are affected; requires local access.
Urgency: Medium priority; local access required but privilege escalation poses significant risk.
Action: Apply AMD processor firmware updates and BIOS patches when available.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-08-12
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2795

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-545120.12% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-04650.11% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-54512	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-0465	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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