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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.740 (99.5th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.740 · newest: 0.740 · change: 0.000
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
- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609 (Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3560-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3542-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html (Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3540-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution (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.