CVE-2017-5715

CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre Variant 2) describes speculative-execution side-channel issues used to disclose memory. Connected docs show concrete mitigations and impact across vendors: AMD notes that LFENCE/JMP mitigation (V2-2) may be insufficient on some CPUs; AMD recommends standard mitigations (ret...

CVE-2018-3639

CVE-2018-3639 is a speculative execution side‑channel vulnerability (SSB) that can leak memory via speculative stores. The Connected ALMA doc notes a mitigation: SSB is disabled by the new alt-java launcher, reducing impact at the cost of performance, and it references OpenJDK 8u282 as part of th...

CVE-2017-5754

CVE-2017-5754 is the Meltdown vulnerability: a speculative-execution side-channel in kernels could allow a local attacker to read privileged memory. Apple documents show Meltdown affecting Kernel on iOS/macOS/watchOS with related entries (e.g., CVE-2017-5754) and list mitigation via security upda...

CVE-2018-3693

CVE-2018-3693 (Spectre-NG Variant 1.1) affects speculative execution/branch-prediction CPUs and can allow local attackers to read memory via side-channels. Connected docs show F5 advisories for BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, and Traffix SDC listing affected platforms and indicate exposure is local (requires aut...

CVE-2018-3640

CVE-2018-3640 affects macOS EFI/Hypervisor components on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 and Mojave 10.14, where systems with speculative execution and speculative reads of system registers may leak information via a side‑channel. The root cause is speculative execution side‑channel disclosures; a micr...

CVE-2018-9056

CVE-2018-9056 (BranchScope) describes a side-channel vulnerability affecting processors using speculative execution, enabling local attackers to infer memory contents through the Branch Prediction Unit’s patterns, notably the Pattern History Table (PHT). Documents consistently reference a hardwar...