An information disclosure vulnerability exists on ARM implementations that use speculative execution in control flow via a side-channel analysis, aka "straight-line speculation." To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker with local privileges would need to run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by bypassing the speculative execution.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-08-17T19:13:02

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:39:09.644Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-1459

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-17T19:15:14.803

Modified: 2024-01-19T00:15:10.707

Link: CVE-2020-1459

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