CVE-2018-9056 | BDVDB-2026-98416 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~nael/pubs/asplos18.pdf
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/its-not-just-spectre-researchers-reveal-more-branch-prediction-attacks/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-03-27Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.