Vulnerability · Published Aug 17, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-37459
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Ampere Altra devices before 1.08g and Ampere Altra Max devices before 2.05a allow attackers to control the predictions for return addresses and potentially hijack code flow to execute arbitrary code via a side-channel attack, aka a "Retbleed" issue.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://amperecomputing.com/products/security-bulletins/retbleed.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ka005138/1-0/ x_refsource_MISC