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CVE-2025-14304: ASRock Intel 500 chipset motherboard · Protection Mechanism Failure

Affects ASRock Intel 500 chipset motherboardSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.0 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.0High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 28% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Dec 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
ASRock Intel 500 chipset motherboardAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

  1. Enforce strict physical security controls to prevent unauthorized access to hardware, including locked server rooms and restricted access to workstations.
  2. Disable or physically block unused PCIe slots to reduce the attack surface for DMA-capable devices.
  3. Employ hardware-based security features such as Intel VT-d or AMD-Vi where applicable, ensuring IOMMU is properly enabled and configured in BIOS/firmware settings.
  4. Monitor system logs and hardware inventory for unauthorized or unexpected PCIe devices.
  5. Use endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions capable of detecting anomalous low-level memory access patterns.
  6. Coordinate with ASRock for firmware updates or patches addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available.
  7. Consider deploying hardware with verified IOMMU configurations or alternative chipsets if immediate mitigation is not feasible.
  8. Educate IT and security staff about the risks of DMA attacks and the importance of physical security in mitigating such threats.

Description

Certain motherboard models developed by ASRock and its subsidiaries, ASRockRack and ASRockInd.has a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability. Because IOMMU was not properly enabled, unauthenticated physical attackers can use a DMA-capable PCIe device to read and write arbitrary physical memory before the OS kernel and its security features are loaded.

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