CVE-2022-29901

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-07-12 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 06:33Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-04-28

Assigning CNA

intel

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.6)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong SphereClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b268005ce87abb1ba0e40c478d53ac5756ff0380ffe36ef06a427e6544ca79b1

• comsec.ethz.chhttps://comsec.ethz.ch/retbleed
• www.intel.comhttps://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00702.html
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220712 Xen Security Advisory 407 v1 (CVE-2022-23816,CVE-2022-23825,CVE-2022-29900) - Retbleed - arbitrary speculative code execution with return instructionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/2mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220712 Re: Xen Security Advisory 407 v1 (CVE-2022-23816,CVE-2022-23825,CVE-2022-29900) - Retbleed - arbitrary speculative code execution with return instructionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/4mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220712 Re: Xen Security Advisory 407 v1 (CVE-2022-23816,CVE-2022-23825,CVE-2022-29900) - Retbleed - arbitrary speculative code execution with return instructionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/5mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220713 Re: Xen Security Advisory 407 v1 (CVE-2022-23816,CVE-2022-23825,CVE-2022-29900) - Retbleed - arbitrary speculative code execution with return instructionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/13/1mailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-c69ef9c1ddhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M27MB3QFNIJV4EQQSXWARHP3OGX6CR6K/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-8aab5b5cdehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4RW5FCIYFNCQOEFJEUIRW3DGYW7CWBG/vendor-advisory
• www.debian.orgDSA-5207https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220911 [SECURITY] [DLA 3102-1] linux-5.10 new packagehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.htmlmailing-list
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221007-0007/
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221223 [SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.htmlmailing-list
• www.secpod.comhttps://www.secpod.com/blog/retbleed-intel-and-amd-processor-information-disclosure-vulnerability/
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202402-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07vendor-advisory