CVE-2025-29940
What it is
Unverified ownership in Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) firmware could allow a privileged attacker with access to a malicious hypervisor to overwrite guest memory if segmented Reverse Map Table (RMP) is enabled potentially resulting in loss of guest data integrity.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. Limited direct impact.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: not scored yet.
- Severity: 5.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Weakness
- CWE-283
- Record status
- Received
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 5.9
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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