Medium severity · published May 13, 2025
CVE-2024-45332
Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution in the indirect branch predictors for some Intel(R)…
5.6
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution in the indirect branch predictors 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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IP
Intel(R) Processors ·
See references · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45332
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45332
intel.com
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01247.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/7
comsec.ethz.ch
https://comsec.ethz.ch/research/microarch/branch-privilege-injection/
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00021.html
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