CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-40972

Published: May 10, 2023 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023

CVSS 3.x

7.8

HIGH

Source:

NVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40972
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Improper access control in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows before version 1.9.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Quickassist_technology	Intel	*	1.9.0 (excluding)

References

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00778.html

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