Description
Hyper-Threading technology, as used in FreeBSD and other operating systems that are run on Intel Pentium and other processors, allows local users to use a malicious thread to create covert channels, monitor the execution of other threads, and obtain sensitive information such as cryptographic keys, via a timing attack on memory cache misses.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 5.6/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Mar 5, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified