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Unprotected Alternate Channel

CVE-2022-28693

Severity Medium
Score 4.7/10

Summary

Unprotected alternative channel of return branch target prediction in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-420 - Unprotected Alternate Channel

The software protects a primary channel, but it does not use the same level of protection for an alternate channel.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published