CVE-2018-9056
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (1,066)
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references (6)
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- http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~nael/pubs/asplos18.pdfcnnvd
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/its-not-just-spectre-researchers-reveal-more-branch-prediction-attacks/cnnvd
- http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~nael/pubs/asplos18.pdfenisa_euvd
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/its-not-just-spectre-researchers-reveal-more-branch-prediction-attacks/enisa_euvd
- http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~nael/pubs/asplos18.pdfExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/its-not-just-spectre-researchers-reveal-more-branch-prediction-attacks/Third Party Advisorynvd
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