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CVE-2022-21166

medium

Description

Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5184

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5178

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0008/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4P2KJYL74KGLHE4JZETVW7PZH6ZIABA/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKRXZ4LHGCGMOG24ZCEJNY6R2BTS4S2Q/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCVOMHBQRH4KP7IN6U24CW7F2D2L5KBS/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHTEW3RXU2GW6S3RCPQG4VNCZGI3TOSV/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/16/1

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00615.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-06-15

Updated: 2025-05-05

Named Vulnerability: DRPW

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00087