CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-20109

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization

Published: Aug 12, 2025 | Modified: Aug 13, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the stream cache mechanism for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness

The product does not properly compartmentalize or isolate functionality, processes, or resources that require different privilege levels, rights, or permissions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Intel-microcode Ubuntu devel *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu jammy *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu noble *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu plucky *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu questing *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References