CVE-2018-9056 Information disclosure in n/a
Local attackers can exploit speculative execution side-channels to disclose sensitive information from 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-9056?
CVE-2018-9056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Mar 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9056?
It affects 209 products.
Products include Arm Cortex-A, Intel Atom C, Intel Atom E, Intel Atom X3, Intel Atom Z, Intel Celeron J and 203 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-9056?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9056 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-9056 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9056 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2018-3693 Information disclosure in Most Modern Operating Systems
- CVE-2018-3640 Information disclosure in Multiple
- 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 GHSA-p3vf-w52m-259m.