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CVE-2022-33196

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-33196 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting certain Intel Xeon Processors utilizing Intel Software Guard Extensions, stemming from incorrect default memory controller permissions. This flaw allows a privileged local user to potentially escalate privileges with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5315y_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5317_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5318n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5318s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5318y_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: microcode_ctl-2:2.1-73.16.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: microcode_ctl-4:20230808-2.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: microcode_ctl-4:20230808-2.el9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.5.3-202309130206_8.6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-33196Important

kernel: Intel firmware update for Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations

Feb 16, 2023

References

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00738.html
Vendor Advisory