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CVE-2018-3640

Published: May 22, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-203
NVD MITRE
5.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
7.6%
Top 6.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and that perform speculative reads of system registers may allow unauthorized disclosure of system parameters to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka Rogue System Register Read (RSRE), Variant 3a.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-203

Affected Products

ARM Cortex-A57ARM Limited
Library
Security Products / pki-crypto
ARM Cortex-A72ARM Limited
Library
Security Products / pki-crypto
Intel XeonIntel Corp.
Embedded
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
Intel PentiumIntel Corp.
Embedded
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
Intel AtomIntel Corp.
Embedded
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
arm limitedcommercialGBSecurity Productsaka arm
intel corp.commercialUSHardware Firmwareaka intel
and 247 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Discovery
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References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-254686.pdf
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00115.html
intel.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-608355.pdf
cert-portal.siemens.com
and 23 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 22, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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