6.8 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
MULTIPLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
8.3%
The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the microcode driver written by Tigran Aivazian <tigran(a)aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>. The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system boot i.e. it doesn’t reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fedora | 38 | any | microcode_ctl | < 2.1 | UNKNOWN |
6.8 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
MULTIPLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
8.3%