Vulnerability in Arm Cortex-A12
CVE-2017-5753
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.
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: 0.938 (99.8th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.938 · newest: 0.938 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609 (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)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3540-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution (Third Party Advisory)
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3597-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-5753?
- CVE-2017-5753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arm Cortex-A12, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-01-04.
- How severe is CVE-2017-5753?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-5753 known to be exploited?
- 112 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.