Certain Arm Cortex and Neoverse processors through 2022-03-08 do not properly restrict cache speculation, aka Spectre-BHB. An attacker can leverage the shared branch history in the Branch History Buffer (BHB) to influence mispredicted branches. Then, cache allocation can allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVE-2022-23960
Score 5.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-03-14. NVD baseline CVSS 5.6; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.6
- EG Score
- 5.6(medium)
- EG Risk
- 30(Track)EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity56% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 42%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 13, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/18/2
- cve@mitrehttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- cve@mitrehttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/18/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-23960(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-lowlatency (5.13.0.35.44) @ impish | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-ibm-edge (5.4.0.1017.34) @ bionic | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-unsigned-5.13.0-1010-intel (5.13.0-1010.10) @ focal | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-372.93.1.el8_6 | 2024-02-21 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 | 2022-11-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| xen | — | 4.13.4-r3 | — |
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 4.19.118-1 ... 4.19.98-1~bpo9+1 (39 versions) | 4.19.249-2 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (10 versions) | 5.10.106-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 5.16.14-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 5.16.14-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 5.16.14-1 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 4.9.107-1 ... 4.9.88-1~bpo8+1 (70 versions) | 4.9.320-2 | — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(4)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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