CVE-2022-35888
Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max devices through 2022-07-15 allow attacks via Hertzbleed, which...
Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max devices through 2022-07-15 allow attacks via Hertzbleed, which is a power side-channel attack that extracts secret information from the CPU by correlating the power consumption with data being processed on the system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max devices through 2022-07-15 allow attacks via Hertzbleed, which is a power side-channel attack that extracts secret information from the CPU by correlating the power consumption with data being processed on the system.
- Record
CVE-2022-35888- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max devices through 2022-07-15 allow attacks via Hertzbleed, which is a power side-channel attack that extracts secret information from the CPU by correlating the power consumption with data being processed on the system.
- Record
CVE-2022-35888- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-38761
Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max devices through 2022-07-15 allow attacks via Hertzbleed, which is a power side-channel attack that extracts secret information from the CPU by correlating the power consumption with data being processed on the system.
- Record
EUVD-2022-38761- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h88x-r4gr-7p66
Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max devices through 2022-07-15 allow attacks via Hertzbleed, which...
Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max devices through 2022-07-15 allow attacks via Hertzbleed, which is a power side-channel attack that extracts secret information from the CPU by correlating the power consumption with data being processed on the system.
- Record
GHSA-h88x-r4gr-7p66- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-35888 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Amperecomputing Ampere Altra Firmware, published September 29, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.