ASRock/ASRockRack/ASRockInd Intel 500 Chipset Motherboard protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ASRock/ASRockRack/ASRockInd Intel 500 Chipset Motherboard, Intel 600 Chipset Motherboard, Intel 700 Chipset Motherboard and Intel 800 Chipset Motherboard and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes protection mechanism. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-14304. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ASRock/ASRockRack/ASRockInd Intel 500 Chipset Motherboard, Intel 600 Chipset Motherboard, Intel 700 Chipset Motherboard and Intel 800 Chipset Motherboard (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Certain motherboard models developed by ASRock and its subsidiaries, ASRockRack and ASRockInd. 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at twcert.org.tw. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-14304 since 12/09/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/18/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CNNVD (CNNVD-202512-3314). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/09/2025 CVE reserved
12/17/2025 +8 days Advisory disclosed
12/17/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/18/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: twcert.org.tw
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-14304 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-14304
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-336955
CNNVD: CNNVD-202512-3314 - ASRock Motherboards 安全漏洞

Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2025 08:31
Updated: 12/18/2025 16:07
Changes: 12/17/2025 08:31 (72), 12/18/2025 16:07 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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