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CVE-2024-21853

Nov. 15, 2024, 2 p.m.

CVSS Score

4.7 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Intel Xeon Processors

  • 4th Generation
  • 5th Generation

Description

Improper finite state machines (FSMs) in the hardware logic in some 4th and 5th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Weaknesses

CWE-1245
Improper Finite State Machines (FSMs) in Hardware Logic

Faulty finite state machines (FSMs) in the hardware logic allow an attacker to put the system in an undefined state, to cause a denial of service (DoS) or gain privileges on the victim's system.

CWE ID: 1245

Date

Published: Nov. 13, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Nov. 15, 2024, 2 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

secure@intel.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
4.7
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

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

References

https://www.intel.com/ secure@intel.com