What is CVE-2022-40974?

CVE-2022-40974 is a low-severity vulnerability in Intel Integrated Performance Primitives Cryptography, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 1.8/10. Published 2023-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-40974?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 1.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Integrated Performance Primitives Cryptography

CVE-2022-40974

Incomplete cleanup in the Intel(R) IPP Cryptography software before version 2021.6 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Published 2023-05-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 1.8 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.7% 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

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives Cryptography
Intel(r) Ipp Cryptography Software — versions before version 2021.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-459 — Incomplete Cleanup

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00788.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40974?: CVE-2022-40974 is a low-severity vulnerability in Intel Integrated Performance Primitives Cryptography, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 1.8/10. Published 2023-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-40974?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 1.8 out of 10.