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CVE-2022-21166

Date: June 15, 2022

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.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (17)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4P2KJYL74KGLHE4JZETVW7PZH6ZIABA/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/16/1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-21166

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKRXZ4LHGCGMOG24ZCEJNY6R2BTS4S2Q/

Url: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00615.html

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-21166

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCVOMHBQRH4KP7IN6U24CW7F2D2L5KBS/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21166

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5178

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21166

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0008/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHTEW3RXU2GW6S3RCPQG4VNCZGI3TOSV/

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5184

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-21166

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Incomplete Cleanup

CWE-459

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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