Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AMD CPUs
CVE-2025-29934

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Amd
Status
Amd Epyc™ 9004 Series Processors
Amd Epyc™ 9005 Series Processors
Amd Epyc™ 8004 Series Processors
Amd Epyc™ Embedded 7003 Series Processors
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-29934?

A vulnerability exists in certain AMD CPUs that permits a local admin-privileged attacker to exploit stale Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) entries. This flaw may enable the execution of a Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Scalable Non-Transparent (SEV-SNP) guest, which could compromise data integrity, raising significant security concerns for systems utilizing affected AMD processors.

Affected Version(s)

AMD EPYC™ 8004 Series Processors Genoa 1.0.0.E

AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors Genoa 1.0.0.E

AMD EPYC™ 9005 Series Processors Turin 1.0.0.6

References

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulleti...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-29934 : Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AMD CPUs