Name: CVE-2025-22889: Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2025-22889, CVSS 7.9, EPSS 0.0015

Improper handling of overlap between protected memory ranges for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processor with Intel(R) TDX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 7 (HIGH)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.9
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade intel-ucode	Aug 20, 2025	Aug 12, 2025
Amazon Linux Ami 2	—	Upgrade microcode_ctl-debuginfoUpgrade microcode_ctl	May 20, 2026	May 20, 2026
Amazon_linux_2023	—	Upgrade microcode_ctl	Sep 30, 2025	Aug 12, 2025
Debian	—	Upgrade intel-microcode	Oct 24, 2025	Oct 24, 2025
Dell Poweredge Dsa2025324	—	Upgrade Dell PowerEdge to the latest version	Feb 17, 2026	Aug 13, 2025
Suse	—	Upgrade ucode-intelUpgrade microcode_ctl	Dec 5, 2025	Sep 2, 2025
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade intel-microcode (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade intel-microcode	Nov 12, 2025	Nov 10, 2025

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CVSS Details

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