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CVE-2022-29901

MEDIUM
Published 2022-07-12T00:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.6
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.238
Higher than 23.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

Description

Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Intel

Intel Microprocessors

Affected Versions:

generations 6 to 8

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-55c8-6r36-9g85

Advisory Details

Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29901
WEB https://comsec.ethz.ch/retbleed
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.html
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4RW5FCIYFNCQOEFJEUIRW3DGYW7CWBG
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M27MB3QFNIJV4EQQSXWARHP3OGX6CR6K
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/D4RW5FCIYFNCQOEFJEUIRW3DGYW7CWBG
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M27MB3QFNIJV4EQQSXWARHP3OGX6CR6K
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221007-0007
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207
WEB https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00702.html
WEB https://www.secpod.com/blog/retbleed-intel-and-amd-processor-information-disclosure-vulnerability
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/2
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/4
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/5
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/13/1

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 13, 2022, Modified: July 28, 2022

References

https://comsec.ethz.ch/retbleed
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00702.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/13/1
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M27MB3QFNIJV4EQQSXWARHP3OGX6CR6K/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4RW5FCIYFNCQOEFJEUIRW3DGYW7CWBG/
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221007-0007/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
https://www.secpod.com/blog/retbleed-intel-and-amd-processor-information-disclosure-vulnerability/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07
Published: 2022-07-12T00:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-03T06:33:43.000Z
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