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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CVE-2023-31323

High
8.4/10

Summary

Type confusion in the AMD Secure Processor (ASP) could allow an attacker to pass a malformed argument to the External Global Memory Interconnect Trusted Agent (XGMI TA) leading to a memory safety violation potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published