Atom P5921bHardware / appliance · Intel

CVE-2022-0001

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-03-11
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
See remediation →
67/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Non-transparent sharing of branch predictor selectors between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Atom P5921bHardware / appliance
Affected:all versions
Atom P5931bHardware / appliance
Affected:all versions
Atom P5942bHardware / appliance
Affected:all versions
Atom P5962bHardware / appliance
Affected:all versions
Atom X6200feHardware / appliance
Affected:all versions
Atom X6211eHardware / appliance
Affected:all versions
Atom X6212reHardware / appliance
Affected:all versions
Atom X6413eHardware / appliance
Affected:all versions

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
Vendor patch www.oracle.com →
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Contact Intel or your system OEM for the specific microcode/firmware revision containing the CVE-2022-0001 fix

  1. Check with your system OEM/manufacturer for BIOS/firmware updates that include Intel microcode for the affected Atom processors (P5921b, P5931b, P5942b, P5962b, X6200fe, X6211e, X6212re, X6413e)
  2. Apply Intel microcode updates - these are typically delivered via BIOS/firmware updates from the system manufacturer
  3. If running Oracle infrastructure, apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) July 2022 from https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
  4. Apply any relevant operating system patches that incorporate the updated microcode
  5. Verify the firmware/microcode version after update to confirm the patch was applied
Caveat Firmware/microcode updates may require system reboot; ensure proper maintenance window planning

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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