Vulnerability in Arm Cortex-a
CVE-2017-5715
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.
EPSS: 0.740 (99.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Arm Cortex-a — versions 9, 15, 17
- Intel Atom_c — versions c2308, c2316, c2338
- Intel Atom_e — versions e3805, e3815, e3825
- Intel Atom_x3 — versions c3130, c3200rk, c3205rk
- Intel Atom_x5-e3930
- Intel Atom_x5-e3940
- Intel Atom_x7-e3950
- Intel Atom_z — versions z2420, z2460, z2480
- Intel Celeron_j — versions j1750, j1800, j1850
- Intel Celeron_n — versions n2805, n2806, n2807
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- opsxcq/exploit-cve-2017-5715
- mathse/meltdown-spectre-bios-list
- iamshivambhatt/Hardware-Vulnerability-with-Proof-of-Concept-
- GalloLuigi/Analisi-CVE-2017-5715
- GregAskew/SpeculativeExecutionAssessment
- ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- Aakaashzz/Meltdown-Spectre
- AgenticAI-LLM/Hackathon
- BlessedRebuS/RISCV-Attacks
- CVEDB/PoC-List
References
- secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secure@intel.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secure@intel.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secure@intel.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secure@intel.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secure@intel.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secure@intel.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-5715?
- CVE-2017-5715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arm Cortex-a, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-01-04.
- How severe is CVE-2017-5715?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-5715 known to be exploited?
- 128 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.