Vulnerability in Arm Cortex-a

CVE-2018-3693

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.

EPSS: 0.084 (94.4th 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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3693?
CVE-2018-3693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arm Cortex-a. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-3693?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-3693 known to be exploited?
9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.