What is CVE-2022-33972?

CVE-2022-33972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Xeon Gold 5315y, classified under Incorrect Calculation. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-33972?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Xeon Gold 5315y

CVE-2022-33972

Incorrect calculation in microcode keying mechanism for some 3rd Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Published 2023-02-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-682 — Incorrect Calculation

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-33972?: CVE-2022-33972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Xeon Gold 5315y, classified under Incorrect Calculation. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-33972?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.