Information disclosure in Intel Core_i3-6100

CVE-2022-29901

Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can hijack return instructions…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.049 (91.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29901?
CVE-2022-29901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Core_i3-6100, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2022-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-29901?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29901 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.