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medium 5.6

CVE-2017-5715 json

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of informatio…

published 2018-01-04 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14792

cvss
5.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
73.2%
EPSS 73.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

Patch / fix

  • oracle vm_virtualbox 5.1.32, 5.2.6
  • xen Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.11.1~pre+1.733450b39b-1
  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.12~rc3+dfsg-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.15.11-1
  • amd64-microcode Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.20180515.1
  • intel-microcode Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.20180425.1
  • arm-trusted-firmware Debian 14 2.12.16+dfsg-1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 384.111-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5715

  • qemu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.38
  • qemu Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.20
  • qemu Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu2
  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-141.190
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-112.135
  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 57.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 57.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5715

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • linux-firmware RHEL 7 20180220-62.git6d51311.el7
  • iwl100-firmware RHEL 7 39.31.5.1-62.el7
  • iwl105-firmware RHEL 7 18.168.6.1-62.el7
  • iwl135-firmware RHEL 7 18.168.6.1-62.el7
  • iwl1000-firmware RHEL 7 1:39.31.5.1-62.el7
  • iwl2000-firmware RHEL 7 18.168.6.1-62.el7
  • iwl2030-firmware RHEL 7 18.168.6.1-62.el7
  • iwl3160-firmware RHEL 7 22.0.7.0-62.el7

red hat advisories RHEA-2018:0874RHEA-2018:0704RHEA-2018:0690RHBA-2018:0831RHSA-2018:1967RHSA-2018:1062

  • drbd SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 8.4.4-0.27.6.1
  • gfs2 SLE Real Time 11 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 2-0.24.6.1
  • ofed SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 +1 more 1.5.4.1-22.6.1
  • ocfs2 SLE Real Time 11 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 1.6-0.28.9.1
  • drbd-kmp SLE Real Time 11 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 8.4.4-0.27.6.1
  • oracleasm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 2.0.5-7.44.2.1
  • iscsitarget SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Real Time 11 SP4 1.4.20-0.43.7.1
  • cluster-network SLE Real Time 11 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 1.4-2.32.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:13999-1SUSE-SU-2018:2631-2SUSE-SU-2018:1699-2SUSE-SU-2018:1571-2SUSE-SU-2018:2631-1SUSE-SU-2018:2528-1

  • spectre-meltdown-checker openSUSE Tumbleweed 26.36.0602723-1.1
  • kernel-firmware-all openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250206-1.1
  • kernel-firmware-amdgpu openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250206-1.1
  • kernel-firmware-ath10k openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250206-1.1
  • kernel-firmware-ath11k openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250206-1.1
  • kernel-firmware-ath12k openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250206-1.1
  • kernel-firmware-atheros openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250206-1.1
  • kernel-firmware-bluetooth openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250208-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11242-1openSUSE-SU-2025:14804-1openSUSE-SU-2025:14769-1openSUSE-SU-2025:14770-1openSUSE-SU-2025:14771-1openSUSE-SU-2025:14772-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
  • kernel-debug-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:1988

  • xen Alpine 3.5 4.7.3-r4
  • xen Alpine 3.6 4.8.2-r4

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-5715

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • linux-zen Arch Linux 4.15.1-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 4.15.1.1-1
  • linux-lts Arch Linux 4.9.75-1
  • intel-ucode Arch Linux 20180108-1
  • linux-firmware Arch Linux 20180518.2a9b2cf-1
  • linux Arch Linux 4.15.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-557AVG-558AVG-559AVG-582AVG-583AVG-987

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5715 updated cvss 5.6

hw: cpu: speculative execution branch target injection

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 microcode_ctl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libvirt, qemu-img, qemu-kvm, microcode_ctl, qemu-kvm-rhev, libvirt-client, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, libcacard, qemu-kvm-tools, libcacard-tools, qemu-kvm-common, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) qemu-kvm-rhev Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, libcacard-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, libcacard-devel-rhev, libcacard-tools-rhev, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 vdsm, rhev-hypervisor, rhev-hypervisor-ng, rhevm-setup-plugins
    +6 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, libcacard-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, libcacard-devel-rhev, libcacard-tools-rhev, +1 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, libcacard-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, libcacard-devel-rhev, libcacard-tools-rhev, +1 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, qemu-kvm-common-rhev Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) qemu-kvm-rhev Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, qemu-kvm-common-rhev Red Hat Virtualization 4 vdsm, vdsm-api, vdsm-cli, vdsm-http, vdsm-infra, vdsm-client, +23 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0091
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-862.el7, libvirt 3.9.0-14.el7, kernel 3.10.0-862.el7, dracut 033-502.el7_4.1, microcode_ctl 2.1-29.el7, libvirt-libs 3.9.0-14.el7, +53 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libvirt-nss 3.9.0-14.el7, libvirt-admin 3.9.0-14.el7, dracut-caps 033-502.el7_4.1, dracut-tools 033-502.el7_4.1, libvirt-daemon-lxc 3.9.0-14.el7, libvirt-login-shell 3.9.0-14.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-862.el7, libvirt 3.9.0-14.el7, kernel 3.10.0-862.el7, dracut 033-502.el7_4.1, microcode_ctl 2.1-29.el7, libvirt-libs 3.9.0-14.el7, +29 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2018:0042
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.3) perf 3.10.0-514.48.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-514.48.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-514.48.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-514.48.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-514.48.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-514.48.1.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.4) perf 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1130
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libvirt 3.9.0-14.el7, libvirt-nss 3.9.0-14.el7, libvirt-admin 3.9.0-14.el7, qemu-img 1.5.3-141.el7_4.6, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-141.el7_4.6, dracut-caps 033-502.el7_4.1, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2018:0042
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.3) qemu-img 1.5.3-126.el7_3.13, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-126.el7_3.13, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-126.el7_3.13, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-126.el7_3.13, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-514.48.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1130
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1319
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) libvirt 3.9.0-14.el7, dracut 033-502.el7_4.1, perf 4.14.0-49.8.1.el7a, kernel 4.14.0-49.8.1.el7a, libvirt-libs 3.9.0-14.el7, qemu-img-ma 2.10.0-21.el7, +55 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) libvirt 3.9.0-14.el7, libvirt-nss 3.9.0-14.el7, libvirt-libs 3.9.0-14.el7, libvirt-admin 3.9.0-14.el7, dracut-caps 033-502.el7_4.1, libvirt-client 3.9.0-14.el7, +24 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2018:0042
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7, kernel-rt-kvm 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7, kernel-rt-trace-kvm 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0016
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1319
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) perf 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1346
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1319
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7) python-perf 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1346
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server) kernel 2.6.18-348.39.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-348.39.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-348.39.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-348.39.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1252
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.11.1.rt56.639.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0016
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS) kernel 2.6.18-430.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-430.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-430.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-430.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-430.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1196
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1319
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-862.el7, libvirt 3.9.0-14.el7, kernel 3.10.0-862.el7, dracut 033-502.el7_4.1, microcode_ctl 2.1-29.el7, libvirt-libs 3.9.0-14.el7, +62 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2018:0042
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2) perf 2.6.32-220.76.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-220.76.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-220.76.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-220.76.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0020
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4) perf 2.6.32-358.84.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.84.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.84.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.84.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) perf 2.6.32-431.85.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.85.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.85.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.85.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.85.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0022
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) perf 2.6.32-504.64.4.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.64.4.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.64.4.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.64.4.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.64.4.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0017
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2) perf 3.10.0-327.66.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-327.66.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-327.66.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-327.66.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-327.66.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-327.66.1.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1216

25 more fixed, 2 more not affected in the full advisory

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-257-04 updated cvss 5.9

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Products

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 ADM (6GK6015-0AL20-0GL0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 ADM CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GL1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 CKP (6GK6015-0AL20-0GK0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 CKP CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GK1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 CLOUDCONNECT (6GK6015-0AL20-0GM0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 CLOUDCONNECT CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GM1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N
    +16 more products
    Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 ELAN (6GK6015-0AL20-0GP0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 ELAN CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GP1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 SAM-L (6GK6015-0AL20-0GN0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 SAM-L CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GN1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808CLA-P (6GK6015-0AL20-1AA0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808CLA-P CC (6GK6015-0AL20-1AA1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808CLA-S1 (6GK6015-0AL20-1AB0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808CLA-S1 CC (6GK6015-0AL20-1AB1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808CLA-S3 (6GK6015-0AL20-1AD0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808CLA-S3 CC (6GK6015-0AL20-1AD1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808CLA-S5 (6GK6015-0AL20-1AF0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808CLA-S5 CC (6GK6015-0AL20-1AF1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808LNX (6GK6015-0AL20-0GH0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808LNX CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GH1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808W10 (6GK6015-0AL20-0GJ0) <BIOS_V1.0.212N Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808W10 CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GJ1) <BIOS_V1.0.212N
    affected: fixed in V1.0.212N support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-43427)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

73.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43427 Multiple CPUs - 'Spectre' Information Disclosure local, 2018-01-03
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145645/Spectre-Information-Disclosure-Proof-Of-Concept.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Intel Corporation Microprocessors with Speculative Execution

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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