CVE-2013-6885
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (48th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6687)
- Published
- November 29, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6687 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- amd / 16h model 00h processor
- amd / 16h model 0fh processor
- amd / 16h model processor firmware
References
- http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/2011-December/046594.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123553.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124195.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124199.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55840
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/51810_16h_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/02/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63983
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029415
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035823
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89335
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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