CVE-2018-9056

Published Mar 27, 2018

Last updated 3 days ago

Overview

Description
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel attack on the directional branch predictor, as demonstrated by a pattern history table (PHT), aka BranchScope.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.6
Impact score
4
Exploitability score
1.1
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.7
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
3.4
Vector string
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-200

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations