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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-03-27T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:10:47.460Z

Reserved: 2018-03-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-9056

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-03-27T17:29:00.820

Modified: 2020-05-05T11:31:07.703

Link: CVE-2018-9056

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-9056 - Bugzilla