vulnerability
Microsoft CVE-2017-5715: Guidance to mitigate speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jan 3, 2018 | Feb 1, 2018 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 3, 2018
Added
Feb 1, 2018
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
Description
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.
Solution
msft-adv180002_general_remediation_steps
References
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