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− | '''CVE-2017- | + | '''CVE-2017-5754''' ('''Meltdown''', '''Variant 3''', '''Rogue Data Cache Load''') is a [[microprocessor]] vulnerability that allows an attacker to overcome all memory isolation mechanisms offered by the microprocessor by causing it to [[speculatively execute]] code that loads inaccessible information which end up changing the cache state of the [[microarchitecture]], thereby leaking information through [[side-channel analysis|side-channel timing analysis]]. |
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Revision as of 10:38, 26 January 2018
CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown, Variant 3, Rogue Data Cache Load) is a microprocessor vulnerability that allows an attacker to overcome all memory isolation mechanisms offered by the microprocessor by causing it to speculatively execute code that loads inaccessible information which end up changing the cache state of the microarchitecture, thereby leaking information through side-channel timing analysis.