Medium severity · published Jun 15, 2022
CVE-2022-21166
Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via…
5.5
CVSS
6.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
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)6.5% · 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-2022-21166
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21166
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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