CVE-2018-9056

MediumCVSS 5.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.6/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 27, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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