CVE-2022-37459

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

Ampere Altra devices before 1.08g and Ampere Altra Max devices before 2.05a allow attackers to control the predictions for return addresses and potentially hijack code flow to execute arbitrary code via a side-channel attack, aka a "Retbleed" issue.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-37459

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-08-17T13:15:08

Last Modified Date
2022-08-18T19:29:43

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-203	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/203.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:amperecomputing:ampere_altra_firmware::::::::	1	OR	1.08g
cpe:2.3:h:amperecomputing:ampere_altra:-:::::::*	0	OR
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:amperecomputing:ampere_altra_max_firmware::::::::	1	OR	2.05a
cpe:2.3:h:amperecomputing:ampere_altra_max:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ka005138/1-0/
https://amperecomputing.com/products/security-bulletins/retbleed.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37459
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37459

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-08-17 14:00:13				Added to TrackCVE