CVE-2024-36316
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe integer overflow vulnerability within AMD Graphics driver could allow an attacker to bypass size checks potentially resulting in a denial of service
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAn integer overflow vulnerability exists in AMD's graphics driver that allows an attacker to bypass size check validations. This could lead to denial of service through driver instability or resource exhaustion. The vulnerability requires some level of access to the graphics subsystem, likely making it a local privilege escalation or denial of service vector.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Detect AMD GPU hardware presentRun 'lspci | grep -i amd' or 'lspci | grep -i radeon' or check Device Manager on Windows to list AMD graphics devicesAffected if No AMD GPU is found in the system - the vulnerability cannot apply without AMD graphics hardware
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Identify AMD graphics driver versionOn Linux: 'lsmod | grep -i amdgpu' or 'modinfo amdgpu' to get driver module version; On Windows: Check driver details in Device Manager under the AMD GPU properties, or run 'driverquery /v | findstr -i amd'Affected if Cannot determine driver version - without an identifiable AMD driver, the specific flaw does not apply
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Check if graphics driver is loaded and activeOn Linux: 'lsmod | grep amdgpu' and check dmesg for driver initialization; On Windows: Verify the AMD driver shows as 'Started' in driver statusAffected if AMD graphics driver is not loaded or not active - the vulnerable code path is not in use
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Compare driver version to AMD's patched releaseReference AMD's official security advisory for CVE-2024-36316 to obtain the fixed driver version number, then compare against your installed version using 'modinfo amdgpu | grep version' on Linux or the driver file version on WindowsAffected if Installed driver version is older than AMD's patched version for this CVE - the integer overflow vulnerability is present
The system is affected only if it has an AMD GPU with the graphics driver loaded and the driver version predates AMD's patched release for this integer overflow vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataApply AMD's patched graphics driver once released. Until then, monitor for anomalous graphics driver behavior and restrict untrusted users from direct graphics driver access.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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