CVE-2024-21979 (GCVE-0-2024-21979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-23 16:36 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-23 18:58 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition |
Affected:
0 , < 12.1.1
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| AMD | AMD Software: PRO Edition |
Affected:
0 , < 24.Q1
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| amd | radeon_directx_11_driver_dll |
Affected:
*
cpe:2.3:a:amd:radeon_directx_11_driver_dll:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2024-04-09 16:23
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