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PSIRT Advisory – INTEL-SA-00728

Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software Advisory

Altera Security Advisory:INTEL-SA-00728
Advisory Category:Software
Impact of vulnerability:Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating:Medium
Original release:02/14/2023
Last revised:05/06/2026

 

Summary:
Potential security vulnerabilities in the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details: 
CVEID: CVE-2022-37329

Description: Uncontrolled search path in some Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro and Standard Edition software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2022-34157

Description: Improper access control in the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software before version 22.1 may allow authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products:
Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software before version 22.1.
Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software before version 21.3.
Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software before version 21.1.

 

Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating to the versions below.
Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software to version 21.3 or later at:

  • https://www.altera.com/products/development-tools/quartus

Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software to version 21.1 or later at:

  • https://www.altera.com/products/development-tools/quartus 

Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition to version 22.1 or later at:

  • https://www.altera.com/products/development-tools/quartus

Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai CVE-2022-37329,  Intel employee CVE-2022-34157.

RevisionDateDescription
1.002/14/2023Initial Release
1.105/06/2026Transfer Advisory to Altera.

 

 

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