Intel Memory Bug impacts 100s of products

Chipmaker Intel is reporting a memory bug impacting microprocessor firmware used in “hundreds” of products. According to an advisory issued by the company on Tuesday, the bug is firmware-based and rated as “high” risk with a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 7.

The vulnerability resides inside some of the Intel Optane SSD and Intel Optane Data Center (DC) products, the impact of which allows privilege escalation, denial of service (DoS), or information disclosure.

Anyone know if this Intel bug affects Framework laptops?

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Nope. Optane memory is not used in the Framework!

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Good to know, thanks for the update.

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