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CVE-2023-39368 (GCVE-0-2023-39368)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-14 16:45 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:03
VLAI
Summary
Protection mechanism failure of bus lock regulator for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-15 15:31 UTC
CWE
  • denial of service
  • CWE-693 - Protection mechanism failure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Intel(R) Processors Affected: See references
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