Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2022 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2022-21233

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Intel(R) Processors. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20intel-ucode20220809-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21233
Alpine:v3.21intel-ucode20220809-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21233
Alpine:v3.22intel-ucode20220809-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21233
Alpine:v3.23intel-ucode20220809-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21233
Alpine:v3.24intel-ucode20220809-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21233
Debian:12intel-microcode3.20220809.1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21233
Debian:13intel-microcode3.20220809.1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21233
Debian:14intel-microcode3.20220809.1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21233
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20220809.0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21233
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20220809.0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5612-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Intel(R) Processors See references

References