CWE-1384

Improper Handling of Physical or Environmental Conditions

The product does not properly handle unexpected physical or environmental conditions that occur naturally or are artificially induced.

CVE-2024-39355 (GCVE-0-2024-39355)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-12 21:19
Modified
2025-11-03 20:38
CWE
  • Denial of Service
  • CWE-1384 - Improper Handling of Physical or Environmental Conditions
Summary
Improper handling of physical or environmental conditions in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to enable denial of service via local access.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Intel(R) Processors Version: See references
Show details on NVD website


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Mitigation

Phase: Requirements

Description:

  • In requirements, be specific about expectations for how the product will perform when it exceeds physical and environmental boundary conditions, e.g., by shutting down.
Mitigation

Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation

Description:

  • Where possible, include independent components that can detect excess environmental conditions and have the capability to shut down the product.
Mitigation

Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation

Description:

  • Where possible, use shielding or other materials that can increase the adversary's workload and reduce the likelihood of being able to successfully trigger a security-related failure.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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