SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-0109

Hyper-Threading technology, as used in FreeBSD and other operating systems that are run on Intel Pentium and other processors, allows local users to use a malicious thread to create covert channels, monitor the execution of other threads, and obtain…

MEDIUM 5.6EPSS 0.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Hyper-Threading technology, as used in FreeBSD and other operating systems that are run on Intel Pentium and other processors, allows local users to use a malicious thread to create covert channels, monitor the execution of other threads, and obtain sensitive information such as cryptographic keys, via a timing attack on memory cache misses.

CVSS 3.0
5.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.51% probability · 42th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
freebsd/freebsd · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/fedora core · sco/openserver · sco/unixware · sun/solaris · ubuntu/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.