CVE-2025-35973

Medium

Description

Improper handling of values for some Intel(R) Processors within Ring 0: Kernel, Hypervisor and Bare Metal OS may allow an escalation of privilege. Authorized adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present with special internal knowledge and require no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (none) impacts.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIntel(R) Processors
PublishedAug 11, 2026
First seenAug 11, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-229CWE-229

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Intel(R) ProcessorsSee references—

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