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CVE-2018-9056

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user

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Summary

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel attack on the directional branch predictor, as demonstrated by a pattern history table (PHT), aka BranchScope.

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Affected versions

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References 2

cs.ucr.edu

arstechnica.com