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CVE-2025-14302

GIGABYTE｜Motherboard - Protection Mechanism Failure

Published: Dec 17, 2025Updated: Dec 18, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-693
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:PAttack Vector
Physical
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-693

Affected Products

intel 600 chipset MotherboardGIGABYTEHardware Firmware
intel 700 chipset MotherboardGIGABYTEHardware Firmware
intel 800 chipset MotherboardGIGABYTEHardware Firmware
AMD 600 chipset motherboardGIGABYTEHardware Firmware
AMD 800 chipset motherboardGIGABYTEHardware Firmware
gigabytecommercialTWHardware Firmwareaka aorus graphics engine, app center, oc guru ii
and 21 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10574-ddf09-1.html
twcert.org.tw
https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10575-e4f41-2.html
twcert.org.tw
https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security?type=1
gigabyte.com
and 6 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 17, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 18, 2025

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