Certain motherboard models developed by GIGABYTE 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.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Gigabyte amd Trx50
Gigabyte intel 600
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Vendors & Products Gigabyte
Gigabyte amd 600
Gigabyte amd 800
Gigabyte amd Trx50
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Description Certain motherboard models developed by GIGABYTE 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.
Title GIGABYTE|Motherboard - Protection Mechanism Failure
Weaknesses CWE-693
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: twcert

Published: 2025-12-17T03:07:21.976Z

Updated: 2025-12-17T18:49:12.978Z

Reserved: 2025-12-09T06:37:43.299Z

Link: CVE-2025-14302

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-17T14:49:59.893Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-17T03:15:57.443

Modified: 2025-12-17T03:15:57.443

Link: CVE-2025-14302

cve-icon Redhat

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