CVE-2026-28237: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in AMD AMD µProf
CVE-2026-28237 is a medium severity vulnerability in AMD µProf involving unrestricted resource allocation. This flaw may allow an attacker with local privileges to consume excessive system resources, potentially causing a denial of service due to loss of availability. No specific affected versions or patches have been disclosed yet.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-28237 in AMD µProf is classified under CWE-770, which involves allocation of resources without limits or throttling. This can lead to excessive consumption of system resources when exploited, impacting system availability. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 6.8, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and high impact on availability. No official remediation or patches have been announced by AMD at this time.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could result in excessive resource consumption on the affected system, leading to degraded performance or denial of service conditions. The vulnerability requires local access with low privileges and does not impact confidentiality or integrity, only availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, limit access to AMD µProf to trusted users and monitor for unusual resource usage patterns related to the tool.
CVE-2026-28237: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in AMD AMD µProf
Description
CVE-2026-28237 is a medium severity vulnerability in AMD µProf involving unrestricted resource allocation. This flaw may allow an attacker with local privileges to consume excessive system resources, potentially causing a denial of service due to loss of availability. No specific affected versions or patches have been disclosed yet.
CVSS v4.0
Score 6.8medium
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-28237 in AMD µProf is classified under CWE-770, which involves allocation of resources without limits or throttling. This can lead to excessive consumption of system resources when exploited, impacting system availability. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 6.8, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and high impact on availability. No official remediation or patches have been announced by AMD at this time.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could result in excessive resource consumption on the affected system, leading to degraded performance or denial of service conditions. The vulnerability requires local access with low privileges and does not impact confidentiality or integrity, only availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, limit access to AMD µProf to trusted users and monitor for unusual resource usage patterns related to the tool.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- AMD
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-25T15:31:43.695Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a286c648dd33fbd857435dc
Added to database: 6/9/2026, 7:41:24 PM
Last enriched: 6/9/2026, 8:03:01 PM
Last updated: 6/10/2026, 7:03:01 AM
Views: 5
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