CVE-2025-14303

Certain motherboard models developed by MSI 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 v3 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://csr.msi.com/global/product-security-advisories
https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10577-3cd58-2.html
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10576-0a0fd-1.html

Configurations

No configuration.

History

17 Dec 2025, 03:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-17 03:15

Updated : 2025-12-18 15:08

NVD link : CVE-2025-14303

Mitre link : CVE-2025-14303

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14303

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-693

Protection Mechanism Failure

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