CVE-2021-46778

Published at:
2022-08-10T20:15:24.717

Global infos:

Execution unit scheduler contention may lead to a side channel vulnerability found on AMD CPU microarchitectures codenamed “Zen 1”, “Zen 2” and “Zen 3” that use simultaneous multithreading (SMT). By measuring the contention level on scheduler queues an attacker may potentially leak sensitive information.

CVE Status: Modified

References:

  • [email protected]
  • af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  • Metrics:

    AttributeValue
    Attack ComplexityHIGH
    Attack VectorLOCAL
    Availability ImpactNONE
    Base Score5.6
    Base SeverityMEDIUM
    Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
    Integrity ImpactNONE
    Privileges RequiredLOW
    ScopeCHANGED
    User InteractionNONE
    Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Exploitability Score1.1
    Impact Score4
    Source[email protected]
    TypePrimary

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