Medium severity · published Jun 15, 2022
CVE-2022-21123
Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access
5.5
CVSS
6.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers 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:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.9% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; +7 more · source: NVD
IP
Intel(R) Processors ·
See references · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36 · source: NVD
SD
Sgx Dcap · Intel
before 1.14.100.3; before 1.14.100.3 · source: NVD
SP
Sgx Psw · Intel
before 2.16.100.3; before 2.17.100.3 · source: NVD
SS
Sgx Sdk · Intel
before 2.16.100.3; before 2.17.100.3 · source: NVD
XE
Xen · Xen
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21123
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21123
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/16/1
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHTEW3RXU2GW6S3RCPQG4VNCZGI3TOSV/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCVOMHBQRH4KP7IN6U24CW7F2D2L5KBS/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKRXZ4LHGCGMOG24ZCEJNY6R2BTS4S2Q/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4P2KJYL74KGLHE4JZETVW7PZH6ZIABA/
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