# CVE-2017-5754: Information disclosure in Most Modern Operating Systems > Local attackers can exploit speculative execution side-channels to read sensitive memory data from modern operating systems. - **Severity:** Medium 5.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 4 Jan 2018 - **Updated:** 28 May 2026 - **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2017-5754, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5754, DSA-4078-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5754, USN-3522-1, USN-3522-2, USN-3524-1 ## What is CVE-2017-5754? CVE-2017-5754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Most Modern Operating Systems, published on 4 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official 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. Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5754? It affects 209 products. Products: Arm Cortex-A, Intel Atom C, Intel Atom E, Intel Atom X3, Intel Atom Z, Intel Celeron J, Intel Celeron N, Intel Core I3, Intel Core I5, Intel Core I7, Intel Core M, Intel Core M3, Intel Core M5, Intel Core M7, Intel Pentium J, Intel Pentium N, Intel Xeon, Intel Xeon Bronze 3104, Intel Xeon Bronze 3106, Intel Xeon E-1105c and 189 more. ## How do I fix CVE-2017-5754? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2017-5754 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5754 in the wild and no public exploit code. Public exploit code: - SpecuCheck is a Windows utility for checking the state of the software mitigations and hardware against CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown), CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2), CVE-2018-3260 (Foreshadow), and CVE-2018-3639 (Spectre v4) (github_poc): https://github.com/ionescu007/SpecuCheck - Meltdown Exploit / Proof-of-concept / checks whether system is affected by Variant 3: rogue data cache load (CVE-2017-5754), a.k.a MELTDOWN. (github_poc): https://github.com/raphaelsc/Am-I-affected-by-Meltdown - This tool allows to check speculative execution side-channel attacks that affect many modern processors and operating systems designs. CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) and CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre) allows unprivileged processes to steal secrets from privileged processes. These attacks present 3 different ways of attacking data protection measures on CPUs enabling attackers to read data they shouldn't be able to. This tool is originally based on Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073119/protect-against-speculative-execution-side-channel-vulnerabilities-in (github_poc): https://github.com/Viralmaniar/In-Spectre-Meltdown - Proof-of-concept / Exploit / checks whether system is affected by Variant 3: rogue data cache load (CVE-2017-5754), a.k.a (github_poc): https://github.com/speecyy/Am-I-affected-by-Meltdown - Naive shell script to verify Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) patch status of EC2 instances (github_poc): https://github.com/jdmulloy/meltdown-aws-scanner - PoC for Meltdown in linux (CVE-2017-5754) (github_poc): https://github.com/zzado/Meltdown ## Other vulnerabilities in Intel Corporation Most Modern Operating Systems - [CVE-2018-3693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3693/): Information disclosure in Most Modern Operating Systems (medium 5.6) - [CVE-2018-3640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3640/): Information disclosure in Multiple (medium 5.6) - [CVE-2018-9056](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9056/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.6) - [CVE-2017-5715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5715/): Information disclosure in Microprocessors with Speculative Execution (medium 5.6) - [CVE-2018-3639](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3639/): Information disclosure in Multiple (medium 5.5) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5754 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2017-5754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Most Modern Operating Systems, published on 4 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5754 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Intel Corporation Most Modern Operating Systems. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5754/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5754/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5754 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5754 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5754 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5754/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.