Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an…

Description

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

93.8% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.6.

Weakness

• Information Disclosure
• CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-203 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Intel Corporation · Most Modern Operating Systems

  • affected All

References (66)

• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20180714 [SECURITY] [DLA 1422-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-4187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-3542-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• GLSA-201810-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• USN-3540-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-3597-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20180715 [SECURITY] [DLA 1422-2] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2018:0012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2018:0011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4611 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/todays-cpu-vulnerability-what-you-need.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-3580-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91229003 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2018:0022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-4188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2018:0292 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-254.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180104-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145645/Spectre-Information-Disclosure-Proof-Of-Concept.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20180718 [SECURITY] [DLA 1423-1] linux-4.9 new package (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• VU#584653 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• VU#180049 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-003 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03805en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.mitel.com/en-ca/support/security-advisories/mitel-product-security-advisory-18-0001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-505225.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03871en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-3549-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-meltdown-spectre-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX231399 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://spectreattack.com/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://aws.amazon.com/de/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1040071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 102371 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• USN-3597-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4614 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2018:0010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-3540-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 20180104 CPU Side-Channel Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
• USN-3516-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 43427 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• USN-3541-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-3541-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-3542-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-18282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2018:0023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4613 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20190327 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20190401 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20190624 [SECURITY] [DSA 4469-1] libvirt security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-608355.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/685359 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 28 May 2026, 18:00 UTC.