CVE-2022-21131 [Medium] | Information Disclosure in Core I9-7940x Firmware

CVE-2022-21131 is rated Low Risk (28.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-03-17	0.04%	0.06%	+0.02%
2	2023-03-07	0.89%	0.04%	-0.84%
3	2022-05-13	—	0.89%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-03-17

0.04%

0.06%

+0.02%

2023-03-07

0.89%

0.04%

-0.84%

2022-05-13

—

0.89%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.8	3.6	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
2.1	2.0	LOW	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:L) Requires local access to the target system. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	3.9	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.8

3.6

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

2.1

2.0

LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:L): Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

3.9

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-21131

vendor	priority	summary	link
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21131
`suse`	low	CVE-2022-21131 severity low: SUSE including 1 source package names (ucode-intel), 62 product×package rows across 62 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (62 product lines)): Known Not Affected 62.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21131/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-21131

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
intel	core_i9-7940x_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7940x_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	core_i9-7960x_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7960x_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	core_i9-7980xe_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7980xe_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	core_i9-7920x_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7920x_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	core_i9-7900x_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7900x_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6138p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6138p_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_bronze_3104_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_bronze_3104_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_bronze_3106_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_bronze_3106_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5115_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5115_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5118_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5118_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5119t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5119t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5120_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5120_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5120t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5120t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5122_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5122_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6126_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6126_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6126f_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6126f_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6126t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6126t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6128_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6128_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6130_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6130_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6130f_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6130f_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6130t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6130t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6132_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6132_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6134_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6134_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6136_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6136_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6138_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6138_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6138f_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6138f_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6138t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6138t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6140_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6140_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6142_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6142_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6142f_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6142f_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6144_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6144_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6146_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6146_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6148_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6148_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6148f_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6148f_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6150_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6150_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6152_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6152_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6154_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6154_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8153_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8153_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8156_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8156_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8158_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8158_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8160_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8160_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8160f_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8160f_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8160t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8160t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8164_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8164_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8168_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8168_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8170_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8170_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8176_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8176_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8176f_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8176f_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_8180_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8180_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4108_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4108_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4109t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4109t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4110_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4110_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4112_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4112_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4114_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4114_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4114t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4114t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4116_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4116_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4116t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4116t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_bronze_3206r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_bronze_3206r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5218r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5218r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5220r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5220r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6208u_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6208u_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6226r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6226r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6230r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6230r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6238r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6238r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6240r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6240r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6242r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6242r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6246r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6246r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6248r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6248r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6250_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6250_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6250l_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6250l_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6256_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6256_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_6258r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6258r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4210r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4210r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4210t_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4210t_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4214r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4214r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_silver_4215r_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4215r_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_9221_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_9221_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_platinum_9222_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_9222_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_bronze_3204_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_bronze_3204_firmware:-:::::::*
intel	xeon_gold_5215_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_5215_firmware:-:::::::*

References for CVE-2022-21131

URL	Tags
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00616.html	Vendor Advisory

URL

CVE-2022-21131

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-21131

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-21131

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-21131

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-21131

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-21131

References for CVE-2022-21131