Information disclosure in Arm Cortex-A
CVE-2017-5754
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 of the data cache.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
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: 0.842 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.826 · newest: 0.842 · change: +0.016
Affected products
- Arm Cortex-A — versions 75
- Intel Atom C — versions c2308, c2316, c2338
- Intel Atom E — versions e3805, e3815, e3825
- Intel Atom X3 — versions c3130, c3200rk, c3205rk
- Intel Atom Z — versions z2420, z2460, z2480
- Intel Celeron J — versions j1750, j1800, j1850
- Intel Celeron N — versions n2805, n2806, n2807
- Intel Core I3 — versions 330e, 330m, 330um
- Intel Core I5 — versions 430m, 430um, 450m
- Intel Core I7 — versions 7y75, 610e, 620le
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609 (Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3523-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3525-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-…
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082 (vendor-advisory)
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX234679
- usn.ubuntu.com/3540-2/ (vendor-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3522-3/ (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-5754?
- CVE-2017-5754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arm Cortex-A, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-01-04.
- How severe is CVE-2017-5754?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-5754 known to be exploited?
- 111 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.