CWE-1420 Exposure of Sensitive Information during Transient Execution

base

A processor event or prediction may allow incorrect operations (or correct operations with incorrect data) to execute transiently, potentially exposing data over a covert channel.

parent weaknesses

Broader classes this is a kind of.

CWE-669Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

child weaknesses

More specific entries beneath this one.

CWE-1421Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution
CWE-1422Exposure of Sensitive Information caused by Incorrect Data Forwarding during Transient Execution
CWE-1423Exposure of Sensitive Information caused by Shared Microarchitectural Predictor State that Influences Transient Execution

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