CVE-2018-3640 Information disclosure in Multiple
Local attackers can exploit speculative execution to disclose system parameters via side-channel analysis on Intel microprocessors.
- 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
What is CVE-2018-3640?
CVE-2018-3640 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Multiple, published on 22 May 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 that perform speculative reads of system registers may allow unauthorized disclosure of system parameters to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka Rogue System Register Read (RSRE), Variant 3a.
Weakness: CWE-203
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3640?
It affects 199 products.
Products include Arm Cortex-A, Intel Atom C, Intel Atom E, Intel Atom Z, Intel Celeron J, Intel Celeron N and 193 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3640?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2018-3640 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3640 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel Corporation Multiple
- CVE-2018-3693 Information disclosure in Most Modern Operating Systems
- CVE-2018-9056 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2017-5715 Information disclosure in Microprocessors with Speculative Execution
- CVE-2017-5754 Information disclosure in Most Modern Operating Systems
- CVE-2018-3639 Information disclosure in Multiple
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3640, GHSA-wm4v-x65g-m25r, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3640.