AMD Zynq UltraScale+ PMU FW CSURV Leak: Access Protected Memory
CVE-2025-0038 Published on October 6, 2025
In AMD Zynq UltraScale+ devices, the lack of address validation when executing CSU runtime services through the PMU Firmware can allow access to isolated or protected memory spaces resulting in the loss of integrity and confidentiality.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-0038 is exploitable 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 have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
The product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the required properties.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-0038
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Affected Versions
AMD Kria(TM) SOM:- Version PMU Firmware version TBD is affected.
- Version PMU Firmware version TBD is affected.
- Version PMU Firmware version TBD is affected.
Exploit Probability
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