CVE-2024-24980 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Intel-microcode

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.9MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Debian Intel-microcode
Timeline
PublishedAug 14
Latest updateAug 20

Description

Protection mechanism failure in some 3rd, 4th, and 5th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N

Affected Packages1 packages

▶debiandebian/intel-microcode< intel-microcode 3.20240813.1~deb12u1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
intel-microcode vulnerabilities↗2024-08-20
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GHSA
GHSA-w5qf-7xgv-ggv8: Protection mechanism failure in some 3rd, 4th, and 5th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escala↗2024-08-14
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OSV
CVE-2024-24980: Protection mechanism failure in some 3rd, 4th, and 5th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escala↗2024-08-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Intel Microcode vulnerabilities↗2024-08-20
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Debian
CVE-2024-24980: intel-microcode - Protection mechanism failure in some 3rd, 4th, and 5th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(...↗2024
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