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CVE-2022-21151

Public on 2022-05-12
Modified on 2022-10-25
Description

A flaw was found in hw. Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code for some Intel(R) processors may potentially allow an authenticated user to enable information disclosure via local access.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 microcode_ctl 2022-06-30 23:38 ALAS-2022-1606
Amazon Linux 2 - Core microcode_ctl 2022-05-31 23:50 ALAS2-2022-1800
Amazon Linux 2023 microcode_ctl 2023-02-17 20:45 ALAS2023-2023-055

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N