PT-2018-2484 · Arm+9 · Amd Microprocessors+9
Published
2018-05-03
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Updated
2025-09-29
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CVE-2018-3639
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Intel and ARM microprocessors (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to the use of speculative execution and reading from memory before the addresses of all prior memory writes are known. This may allow an attacker with local user access to disclose protected information via a side-channel analysis. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Information Disclosure
Side Channel Attack
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Amd Microprocessors
Centos
Huawei Vrp
Ibm Aix
Intel Microprocessors
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu
Vmware Vcenter