SB2022061468 - Denial of service in certain 14nm Client/Xeon E3 Intel processors



SB2022061468 - Denial of service in certain 14nm Client/Xeon E3 Intel processors

Published: June 14, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022061468
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21180)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation in Memory Mapped I/O (MMIO) for some 14nm Client/Xeon E3 Intel® Processors. A local user can pass specially crafted input and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack in certain virtualized environments.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.