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CVE-2023-29162

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

Improper buffer restrictions the Intel(R) C++ Compiler Classic before version 2021.8 for Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits before version 2022.3.1 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel(R) Advisor software: before 2023.2 — fixed in 2023.2
• Intel Cluster Checker: 2021.7.3
• Intel(R) Distribution for Python programming language for Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits: 2023.1
• Intel Inspector: before 2023.2 — fixed in 2023.2
• Intel Corporation Intel Integrated Performance Primitives: 2021.9
• Intel(R) IPP Cryptography software: before 2021.8 — fixed in 2021.8
• Intel(R) MPI Library for Intel(R) oneAPI HPC Toolkit: before 2021.10 — fixed in 2021.10
• Intel Oneapi Ai Analytics Toolkit: 2023.2
• Intel Oneapi Base Toolkit: before 2023.2; 2023.2 — fixed in 2023.2
• Intel(R) oneAPI Deep Neural Network (oneDNN): before 2023.2; 2023.2 — fixed in 2023.2
• Intel Oneapi Hpc Toolkit: 2023.2
• Intel Oneapi Iot Toolkit: 2023.2
• Intel Oneapi Math Kernel Library: before 2023.2 — fixed in 2023.2
• Intel Threading Building Blocks: before 2021.10 — fixed in 2021.10
• Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector software: 2021.10.0
• Intel(R) VTune(TM) Profiler software: before 2023.2 — fixed in 2023.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel(R) Advisor software 2023.2; Intel Inspector 2023.2; Intel(R) IPP Cryptography software 2021.8; Intel(R) MPI Library for Intel(R) oneAPI HPC Toolkit 2021.10; Intel Oneapi Base Toolkit 2023.2; Intel(R) oneAPI Deep Neural Network (oneDNN) 2023.2; Intel Oneapi Math Kernel Library 2023.2; Intel Threading Building Blocks 2021.10; Intel(R) VTune(TM) Profiler software 2023.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00988.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00988.html

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