AMD μProf  Vulnerabilities

Summary

A bug bounty researcher reported multiple vulnerabilities within the AMD μProf tool. 

In these reports, the researcher notes that the AMD μProf vulnerability has multiple improper input validation vulnerabilities and an improper return value vulnerability, which could potentially result in a denial-of-service attack or system crash. Please see the CVE details to understand the impact associated with each CVE. AMD has released mitigations for these vulnerabilities. 

CVE Details

CVE CVE Description CVSS Score
CVE-2025-29933 Improper input validation within AMD μProf can allow a local attacker to write out of bounds, potentially resulting in a crash or denial of service.

5.5 (Medium)

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

6.8 (Medium)

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

CVE-2025-48510 Improper return value within AMD μProf can allow a local attacker to bypass KSLR, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality or availability.

7.1 (High)

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

6.9 (Medium)

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

CVE-2025-48511 Improper input validation within AMD μProf can allow a local attacker to write to an arbitrary physical address, potentially resulting in crash or denial of service.

5.5 (Medium)

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

6.8 (Medium)

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

CVE-2025-48502 Improper input validation within AMD μProf can allow a local attacker to overwrite MSR registers, potentially resulting in crash or denial of service.

5.5 (Medium)

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

6.8 (Medium)

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

Specific CVSS scores may change subject to your implementation. We encourage you to calculate CVSS scores independently for your system.

Affected Products and Mitigation

Product

CVE

Mitigation

AMD μProf

CVE-2025-29933

μProf version 5.1 or higher

CVE-2025-48510

μProf version 5.0 or higher

CVE-2025-48511

CVE-2025-48502

Acknowledgement 

AMD thanks researcher “Aobo Wang(@M4x_1997)” for reporting these issues and engaging in coordinated vulnerability disclosure.

Revisions 

Revision Date Description
2025-11-11 Initial publication

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