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Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2017-5715

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2018-01-04
  • WeaknessCWE-203

Am I affected?

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-01-03Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  2. 2018-01-0413:29CVE publishedNVD
  3. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  4. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Intel atom c
BranchAffectedFixed in
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Intel atom z
BranchAffectedFixed in
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Intel celeron n
BranchAffectedFixed in
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9 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As intel, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Intel Corporation Microprocessors with Speculative Execution
    Affected
    • all versionsno fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2021-08-16

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • amd64-microcodeDebian:14all versions · fixed in 3.20180515.1
  • amd64-microcodeDebian:13all versions · fixed in 3.20180515.1
  • amd64-microcodeDebian:12all versions · fixed in 3.20180515.1
  • amd64-microcodeDebian:9all versions · fixed in 3.20181128.1~deb9u1
  • amd64-microcodeDebian:8all versions · fixed in 3.20181128.1~deb8u1
  • arm-trusted-firmwareDebian:14all versions · fixed in 2.12.16+dfsg-1
  • arm-trusted-firmwareDebian:13all versions · no fixed version listed
  • arm-trusted-firmwareDebian:12all versions · no fixed version listed

490 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2017-5715 Red Hat Product Security1,663 products fixed · 91 known affected

    hw: cpu: speculative execution branch target injection

    microcode_ctl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 · libvirt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · libvirt-client as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · +88 more

  • RHSA-2018:1967 Red Hat Product Security64 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-alt security and bug fix update

  • RHSA-2018:1346 Red Hat Product Security104 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

  • RHSA-2018:1319 Red Hat Product Security180 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

  • RHSA-2018:1252 Red Hat Product Security27 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

  • RHSA-2018:1216 Red Hat Product Security75 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

19 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2018:1967 · 64 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHEA-2018:0704 · 354 productsFor details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2018:0091 · 1 productBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  4. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2018:0027 · 16 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to ta…

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-43427
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
5 repositories, unverifiedopsxcq/exploit-cve-2017-5715mathse/meltdown-spectre-bios-listGregAskew/SpeculativeExecutionAssessmentGalloLuigi/Analisi-CVE-2017-5715iamshivambhatt/Hardware-Vulnerability-with-Proof-of-Concept-
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2018-01-04
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5715?

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.

Is CVE-2017-5715 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2017-5715, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-5715?

CVE-2017-5715 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.6 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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