CVE-2017-5715
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 73.25% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 3 January 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-203
- Affected
- intel/atom c · intel/atom e · intel/atom x3 · intel/atom x5-e3930 · intel/atom x5-e3940 · intel/atom x7-e3950 · intel/atom z · intel/celeron j · intel/celeron n · intel/core i3 · intel/core i5 · intel/core i7 · intel/core m · intel/core m3 · intel/core m5 · intel/core m7 · intel/pentium j · intel/pentium n · intel/xeon · intel/xeon bronze 3104 · +40 more
- Source
- secure@intel.com
EPSS 73.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00002.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00003.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00004.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00005.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00006.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00008.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00009.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00012.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00013.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00014.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00016.htmlBroken Link
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609Third Party Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4611Third Party Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4613Third Party Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4614Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145645/Spectre-Information-Disclosure-Proof-Of-Concept.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155281/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-26.mcu.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-001.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-003.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584653Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102376Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040071Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-254.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0292Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecutionThird Party Advisory
- https://aws.amazon.com/de/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.