5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
CVE-2024-21971
AMD Crash Defender Kernel Mode Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
Overview
Description
Improper input validation in AMD Crash Defender could allow an attacker to provide the Windows® system process ID to a kernel-mode driver, resulting in an operating system crash, potentially leading to denial of service.
Details
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 12, 2025, 12:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
June 17, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Impact
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-21971
vulnerability.
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Scoring
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| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | |||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
Update AMD software to fix input validation flaws and prevent system crashes.
- Update AMD software to the latest version.
- Apply security patches for the operating system.
- Validate system process IDs rigorously.
References
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-21971.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-6008.html |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-21971 is
associated with the following CWEs:
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weaknesses.
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CVE-2024-21971 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2024-21971 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 17, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (24.10.20)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Processor with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processor with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processor with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 7030 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Mobile Processors', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ PRO W5000 Series Graphics Products', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 Series Graphics Products', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ PRO W7000 Series Graphics Products', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (24.10.29.01)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ VII', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (23.19.16)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ PRO VII', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 (23.19.16)'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': 'AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q2 (23.19.16.01)'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ Instinct™ MI25', 'versions': [{'status': 'unknown', 'version': 'Contact your AMD Customer Engineering representative'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unknown'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ PRO V520', 'versions': [{'status': 'unknown', 'version': 'Contact your AMD Customer Engineering representative'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unknown'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ PRO V620', 'versions': [{'status': 'unknown', 'version': 'Contact your AMD Customer Engineering representative'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unknown'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Radeon™ PRO V710', 'versions': [{'status': 'unknown', 'version': 'Contact your AMD Customer Engineering representative'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unknown'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '24.10.21.01'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '23.19.16'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '24.10.21.01'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '23.19.16'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 7000', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '24.10.21.01'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '23.19.16'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '24.10.21.01'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '23.19.16'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V2000', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '24.10.21.01'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '23.19.16'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'vendor': 'AMD', 'product': 'AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V3000', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '24.10.21.01'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '23.19.16'}], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}] -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Jun. 17, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2024-21971', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2025-02-12T15:32:03.493834Z'} -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 23, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CWE-1220 Removed CWE CWE-20 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Improper input validation in AMD Crash Defender could allow an attacker to provide the Windows® system process ID to a kernel-mode driver, resulting in an operating system crash, potentially leading to denial of service. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE CWE-20 Added Reference https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-6008.html
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being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS
score history of the vulnerability.