CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2022-42331
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.27%
Original NVD Description
x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late. In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of speculative attacks.
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