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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2023-20569: AMD: CVE-2023-20569 Return Address Predictor

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2023-20569: AMD: CVE-2023-20569 Return Address Predictor

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/08/2023
Created
08/09/2023
Added
08/08/2023
Modified
07/22/2024

Description

A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled?address, potentially leading to information disclosure.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb5029259
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb5029242
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb5029247
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-21h2-kb5029244
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-22h2-kb5029244
  • microsoft-windows-windows_11-21h2-kb5029253
  • microsoft-windows-windows_11-22h2-kb5029263
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5029250
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5029250
  • msft-kb5029242-b56dcd2e-b407-4f4c-84bc-90752e2d3aca
  • msft-kb5029247-6d29cb72-8868-470c-933e-4cbbf199f1be
  • msft-kb5029301-a1547be5-0202-42de-a84d-fe4f4a84c377
  • msft-kb5029301-c4e2b172-875e-4f65-9beb-aa4ca197f8bb
  • msft-kb5029304-9321aa64-af3f-409a-beed-76cf36f96a12
  • msft-kb5029307-3bec02c2-d1d5-4e49-9725-a9f0853ffbfa
  • msft-kb5029308-9267b1fd-1b46-4252-92ed-9dc6b0797e4f

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