A AegiFlow
HIGHCVSS 8.8

CVE-2021-39298

CVE-2021-39298 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-10-09
Sources
nvd

Summary

A potential vulnerability in AMD System Management Mode (SMM) interrupt handler may allow an attacker with high privileges to access the SMM resulting in arbitrary code execution which could be used by malicious actors to bypass security mechanisms provided in the UEFI firmware.

References

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