CVE-2025-21985: drm/amd/display: Fix out-of-bound accesses
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Out-of-bound memory accesses in the AMD display driver can lead to memory corruption.
- Who is affected
- Linux systems using AMD display drivers.
- Urgency
- High severity (CVSS 7.1); not currently exploited but out-of-bounds accesses are reliably exploitable.
- Action
- Apply kernel patch fixing out-of-bound accesses in drm/amd/display.
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Details
Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21985
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-2025-219850.19% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 8% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-21985 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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