CVEs-PoC/2013/CVE-2013-6885.md

CVE-2013-6885

Description

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

POC

Reference

• http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924
• http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/amd-owns-up-to-cpu-bug/18924

Github

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