CVE-2022-40982 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Processors

What is CVE-2022-40982?

CVE-2022-40982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Weakness: CWE-203, CWE-1342

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40982?

It affects 534 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Intel Celeron 5205u Firmware, Intel Celeron 5305u Firmware, Intel Celeron G4900 Firmware, Intel Celeron G4900t Firmware, Intel Celeron G4920 Firmware and 528 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40982?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-40982 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40982 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-40982, CLSA-2023-1693410662, CLSA-2023-1693417671, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40982, DLA-3524-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40982.