AMD Crash Defender NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability Allowing Denial-of-Service
Vulnerability
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been identified in AMD Crash Defender. This issue could enable an attacker to write a NULL output to a log file, potentially causing a system crash and disrupting availability.
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a system crash, causing a loss of availability.
Remediation
Users are advised to update to the latest version of the AMD Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 or AMD Software: PRO Edition 24.Q4. For AMD Radeon™ PRO W7000 Series Graphics Products, the specific version to update to is 24.10.30 RDNA.
Added: Sep 6, 2025, 7:46 PM
Updated: Sep 6, 2025, 7:46 PM
Vulnerability Rating
Custom Algorithm
spread
0.0impact
2.5exploitability
7.4remediation
0.0relevance
0.5threat
0.0urgency
2.9incentive
5.8Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.