CVE-2017-5927

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern ARM processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 27, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-5927: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix