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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2022-0004 json

Hardware debug modes and processor INIT setting that allow override of locks for some Intel(R) Processors in Intel(R) Boot Guard and Intel(…

published 2022-05-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15225

cvss
6.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Hardware debug modes and processor INIT setting that allow override of locks for some Intel(R) Processors in Intel(R) Boot Guard and Intel(R) TXT may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Patch / fix

  • intel core_i3-12100_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i3-12100f_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i3-12100t_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i3-12300t_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i3-12300_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12600t_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12600kf_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12600hx_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12600k_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12600h_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12600_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12500t_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12500h_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12500_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12450hx_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12450h_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12400t_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12400f_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i5-12400_firmware 16.0.15
  • intel core_i7-12700t_firmware 16.0.15

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Intel(R) Processors in Intel(R) Boot Guard and Intel(R) TXT

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.