CVE-2022-21151Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in Intel-microcode

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateDec 7

Description

Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

debiandebian/intel-microcode< intel-microcode 3.20220510.1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Intel Microcode vulnerabilities2022-07-28
OSV
intel-microcode vulnerabilities2022-06-20
GHSA
GHSA-f82m-qq46-pcww: Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially e2022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2022-21151: Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially e2022-05-12

📋Vendor Advisories

5
CISA ICS
Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software Products2023-12-07
Ubuntu
Intel Microcode vulnerabilities2022-07-28
Ubuntu
Intel Microcode vulnerabilities2022-06-20
Red Hat
hw: cpu: information disclosure in certain Intel processors2022-05-10
Debian
CVE-2022-21151: intel-microcode - Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code for som...2022