Description
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.
Published: 2020-08-17
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 7.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12334 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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Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description 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. 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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Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 1809
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

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

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1459

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:25:08.383

Link: CVE-2020-1459

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