CVE-2022-29515 Denial of service in Intel(R) SPS

Medium 6.0 Published Updated

A memory leak in Intel SPS firmware allows a privileged local user to cause a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-29515?

CVE-2022-29515 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) SPS, published on 11 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in firmware for Intel(R) SPS before versions SPS_E3_06.00.03.035.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29515?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Server Platform Services Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-29515?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29515 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-29515 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29515 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j74c-xxgv-3m4r.

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