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MEDIUM
CVE-2023-38575
Intel Processors Return Predictor Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

INFO

Published Date :

March 14, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 4, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-38575 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-38575.

URL Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00003.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240405-0008/
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00982.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-38575 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Hacker News
New Research Reveals Spectre Vulnerability Persists in Latest AMD and Intel Processors

Hardware Security / Vulnerability More than six years after the Spectre security flaw impacting modern CPU processors came to light, new research has found that the latest AMD and Intel processors are ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 29, 2024 (3 weeks, 4 days ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass

The latest generations of Intel processors, including Xeon chips, and AMD's older microarchitectures on Linux are vulnerable to new speculative execution attacks that bypass existing ‘Spectre’ mitigat ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 18, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • The Register
Spectre flaws continue to haunt Intel and AMD as researchers find fresh attack method

Six years after the Spectre transient execution processor design flaws were disclosed, efforts to patch the problem continue to fall short. Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi of Swiss university ETH Zur ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 18, 2024 (1 month ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-38575 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Intel Corporation https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00003.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Intel Corporation https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240405-0008/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
    Added Reference Intel Corporation https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00982.html [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Intel Corporation CWE-1303
    Added CVSS V3.1 Intel Corporation AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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