Local denial of service in Intel processors FSMs

1) State Issues

EUVDB-ID: #VU97423

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24968

CWE-ID: CWE-371 - State Issues

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper finite state machines (FSMs) in hardware logic. A local privileged user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

10th Generation Intel Core Processors: All versions

11th Generation Intel Core Processors: All versions

12th Generation Intel Core Processors: All versions

13th Generation Intel Core i7 processors: All versions

13th Generation Intel Core Processors: All versions

Intel Xeon D Processors: All versions

3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors: All versions

Intel Processor Microcode Package for Linux: 20190312 - 20240813

External links

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01097.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.