Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package intel-microcode  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-INTELMICROCODE-616280
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed21 Nov 2017

Introduced: 21 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-5707  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream intel-microcode package and not the intel-microcode package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Multiple buffer overflows in kernel in Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware 3.0 allow attacker with local access to the system to execute arbitrary code.