AMD Radeon Driver: OOB Write via Malformed Shader Code Exec
CVE-2024-21979 Published on April 23, 2024
An out of bounds write vulnerability in the AMD Radeon user mode driver for DirectX® 11 could allow an attacker with access to a malformed shader to potentially achieve arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-21979 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be low. considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2024-21979 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-21979
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Affected Versions
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition :- Before 12.1.1 is affected.
- Before 24.Q1 is affected.
- Version * is affected.
Exploit Probability
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