CVE-2017-5715

high

Published 2022-05-10 · Modified 2022-05-10

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.0

Description

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43427 local multiple

Multiple · 2018-01-03

Multiple CPUs - 'Spectre' Information Disclosure

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`4.15.1-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.20180515.1`
sid	Fixed	`3.20180515.1`
forky	Fixed	`3.20180515.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.20180515.1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.20180515.1`

Red Hat Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
8	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
8	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.