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CVE-2025-48502VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-48502: AMD μProf · Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input

Affects AMD μProfSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 1% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Nov 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 2026-10-26.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-48502, European organizations should: 1) Monitor AMD’s official channels for patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once released. 2) Restrict access to AMD μProf and related profiling tools to trusted administrators only, minimizing the number of users with local privileges. 3) Implement strict local user account management and auditing to detect unauthorized access attempts. 4) Use endpoint protection solutions capable of monitoring unusual local activity or attempts to manipulate MSRs. 5) Consider isolating systems running AMD μProf from critical production environments until a patch is available. 6) Educate system administrators about the risks of improper input validation vulnerabilities and the importance of applying security updates. 7) If possible, disable or uninstall AMD μProf on systems where it is not essential to reduce the attack surface.

Description

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

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