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CVE-2017-5715 — Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch

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.

CVSS
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EPSS
74.04% (top 0.50%)
CWE
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Published
2018-01-04T13:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-05-06T14:59:36.405Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Intel CorporationMicroprocessors with Speculative ExecutionAll

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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