vulnerability
Microsoft CVE-2018-3693: Guidance to mitigate speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Jan 9, 2018 | Mar 6, 2019 | Mar 15, 2021 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 9, 2018
Added
Mar 6, 2019
Modified
Mar 15, 2021
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 speculative buffer overflow and side-channel analysis.
References
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