CVE-2020-8698
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
Description
Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
How to fix CVE-2020-8698
To remediate CVE-2020-8698, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/intel-ucode—upgrade to 20201110-r0 or later
- Debian/intel-microcode—upgrade to 3.20201110.1 or later
Is CVE-2020-8698 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 20201110-r0
- from 0, < 3.20201110.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |