CVE-2021-46778

moderate-risk
Published 2022-08-10

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.12% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.6/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Vendors

Amd
49
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 33/34 · Critical