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CVE-2022-40982

Public on 2023-08-08
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-08-31 22:46 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-026
Amazon Linux 2 - Core microcode_ctl 2023-08-03 18:10 ALAS2-2023-2195
Amazon Linux 2023 microcode_ctl 2023-08-03 20:26 ALAS2023-2023-287

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-40982 Mitre: CVE-2022-40982 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity