# CVE-2017-5754: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information

- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 6 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-01-04 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- Intel Corporation Most Modern Operating Systems: all versions

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Intel Corporation Most Modern Operating Systems, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3523-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3525-1/
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX234679
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3540-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3522-3/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4611
- https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/todays-cpu-vulnerability-what-you-need.html
- https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-002
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4120
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91229003
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3524-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4078
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00014.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0292
- https://github.com/Viralmaniar/In-Spectre-Meltdown
- https://github.com/ionescu007/SpecuCheck
- https://github.com/jdmulloy/meltdown-aws-scanner
- https://github.com/raphaelsc/Am-I-affected-by-Meltdown
- https://github.com/speecyy/Am-I-affected-by-Meltdown
- https://github.com/zzado/Meltdown

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