CVE-2024-21979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An out of bounds write vulnerability in the AMD Radeon™ user mode driver for DirectX® 11 could allow an attacker with access to a malformed shader to potentially achieve arbitrary code execution.

Published: 2024-04-23

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

AMD

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition

unknown

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 12.1.1

AMD

AMD Software: PRO Edition

unknown

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 24.Q1

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-19585	An out of bounds write vulnerability in the AMD Radeon™ user mode driver for DirectX® 11 could allow an attacker with access to a malformed shader to potentially achieve arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00187.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-6012.html
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1847

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1847

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMD

Published: 2024-04-23T16:36:38.556Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:23:18.731Z

Reserved: 2024-01-03T16:43:30.197Z

Link: CVE-2024-21979

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:35:34.619Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-04-23T17:15:46.877

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:10:29.037

Link: CVE-2024-21979

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

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