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 AMD Xilinx Run Time (XRT) Vulnerabilities

AMD ID: AMD-SB-8014
Potential Impact: Refer to the CVE Details section

Summary

The researchers reported vulnerabilities within AMD Xilinx Run Time (XRT) drivers, particularly in user space XRT driver (XOCL). These drivers are delivered as part of the AMD XRT framework. Please refer to the CVE Details section for further information on each of these vulnerabilities.

CVE Details

Refer to Glossary for Explanation of Terms
CVE CVE Description CVSS Score
CVE-2025-52538 Improper input validation within the XOCL driver may allow a local attacker to generate an integer overflow condition, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality or availability.

8.0 High
CVSS3.1:/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N//UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

8.5 High
CVSS4.0:/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVE-2025-0003 Inadequate lock protection with Xilinx Run Time may allow a local attacker to trigger a Use-After-Free condition, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality or availability.

7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

5.2 Medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVE-2025-0005 Improper input validation within the XOCL driver may allow a local attacker to generate an integer overflow condition, potentially resulting in a crash or denial of service.

7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

8.6 High

CVSS4.0:AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVE-2025-52539 A buffer overflow with Xilinx Run Time Environment may allow a local attacker to read or corrupt data from the advanced extensible interface (AXI), potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1:/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

7.0 High

CVSS:4.0:AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVE-2025-0007 Insufficient validation with Xilinx Run Time framework could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges from user space to kernel space, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

2.4 Low

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products and Mitigation

AMD recommends updating the XRT drivers to 2025.1 (released on 2025-06-04) or later to mitigate the disclosed vulnerabilities.

Acknowledgement 

AMD thanks the following for reporting these issues and engaging in coordinated vulnerability disclosure:

  • Reported by researcher “rico65536 from iceswordlab”: CVE-2025-0007, CVE-2025-0003, CVE-2025-0005
  • Reported by researcher “volokitinss”:  CVE-2025-52538, CVE-2025-52539

Revisions 

Revision Date Description
2025-11-11 Initial publication

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