CVE-2024-43420

Publication date 13 May 2025

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.6 · Medium

Score breakdown

Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution for some Intel Atom(R) processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
intel-microcode 25.04 plucky
Fixed 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.25.04.1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.24.10.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored see notes

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Notes

ebarretto

trusty cannot use intel-microcode during early boot and is therefore generally not updated.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.6 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N