CVE-2022-21127

Published: 15 June 2022

Incomplete cleanup in specific special register read operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
intel-microcode Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (3.20220510.0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	focal	Released (3.20220510.0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
	impish	Released (3.20220510.0ubuntu0.21.10.1)
	jammy	Released (3.20220510.0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
	kinetic	Released (3.20220510.0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Ignored (early microcode loading not allowed)
	upstream	Released (3.20220510.1)
	xenial	Released (3.20220510.0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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