CVE-2025-14302 (GCVE-0-2025-14302)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-17 03:07 – Updated: 2025-12-17 18:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
GIGABYTE｜Motherboard - Protection Mechanism Failure
Summary
Certain motherboard models developed by GIGABYTE has a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability. Because IOMMU was not properly enabled, unauthenticated physical attackers can use a DMA-capable PCIe device to read and write arbitrary physical memory before the OS kernel and its security features are loaded.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-17 14:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10574-ddf09-1.html | third-party-advisory |
| https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10575-e4f41-2.html | third-party-advisory |
| https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security?type=1 | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIGABYTE | intel 600 chipset Motherboard |
Affected:
0
|
guessed | |
| GIGABYTE | intel 700 chipset Motherboard |
Affected:
0
|
guessed | |
| GIGABYTE | intel 800 chipset Motherboard |
Affected:
0
|
guessed | |
| GIGABYTE | AMD 600 chipset motherboard |
Affected:
0
|
guessed | |
| GIGABYTE | AMD 800 chipset motherboard |
Affected:
0
|
guessed | |
| GIGABYTE | AMD TRX50 chipset motherboard |
Affected:
0
|
guessed |
Date Public
2025-12-17 03:02
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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