PT-2022-6330
CVE-2022-26373
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Published
2022-07-10
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Updated
2025-09-17
Description by
CVSS 4.0
6.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Intel(R) Processors (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors, which may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. This could be linked to errors in handling the RET instruction after virtual machine exit, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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