CVE-2023-20569

Public Exploit

Description

A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled address, potentially leading to information disclosure.

Category

4.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.63%
Vendor Advisory amd.com
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ PRO 3000 Series Desktop Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ PRO 3000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics
Affected: AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: AMD Athlon™ PRO 3000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ PRO 4000 Series Desktop Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: Ryzen™ PRO 5000 Series Desktop Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 2000 Series Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 5000 Series Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors
Affected: AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ PRO 5000 Series Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ PRO 6000 Series Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors
Affected: AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
Affected: AMD 1st Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
Affected: AMD 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
Affected: AMD 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
Affected: AMD 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7005 vendor advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-434.html third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/08/4 mailing list
https://comsec.ethz.ch/research/microarch/inception/ third party advisory exploit
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L4E4TZNMLYL2KETY23IPA43QXFAVJ46V/ mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PKK3IA63LSKM4EC3TN4UM6DDEIOWEQIG/ mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00013.html mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5475 third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T7WO5JM74YJSYAE5RBV4DC6A4YLEKWLF/ third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HKKYIK2EASDNUV4I7EFJKNBVO3KCKGRR/ third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240605-0006/
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7005.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-20569?
CVE-2023-20569 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-20569?
To fix CVE-2023-20569, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-20569 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2023-20569 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-20569?
CVE-2023-20569 affects AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors, AMD Ryzen™ PRO 3000 Series Desktop Processors, AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, AMD Ryzen™ PRO 3000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics, AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics , AMD Athlon™ PRO 3000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics, AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, AMD Ryzen™ PRO 4000 Series Desktop Processors, AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors , AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, Ryzen™ PRO 5000 Series Desktop Processors, AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 2000 Series Processors , AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 5000 Series Processors, AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors, AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, AMD Ryzen™ PRO 5000 Series Processors, AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, AMD Ryzen™ PRO 6000 Series Processors, AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors, AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, AMD 1st Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors, AMD 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors, AMD 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors, AMD 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors.
This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.
© 2025 Under My Watch. All Rights Reserved.