AMD SEV Firmware UAF Allows Hypervisor Guest Activation Attack
CVE-2025-0031 Published on February 10, 2026

A use after free in the SEV firmware could allow a malicous hypervisor to activate a migrated guest with the SINGLE_SOCKET policy on a different socket than the migration agent potentially resulting in loss of integrity.

NVD

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2025-0031 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Affected Versions

AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 9005 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 8004 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9003 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9005 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9004 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 8004 Series Processors:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
4.88%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.