Vulnerability in Amperecomputing Ampere Altra

CVE-2022-25368

Spectre BHB is a variant of Spectre-v2 in which malicious code uses the shared branch history (stored in the CPU BHB) to influence mispredicted branches in the victim's hardware context. Speculation caused by these mispredicted branches can then potentially be used to cause cache allocation, which can then be used to infer information that should be protected.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25368?
CVE-2022-25368 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amperecomputing Ampere Altra. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-25368?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-25368 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.