7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-1459

Published: 17/08/2020 Updated: 19/01/2024
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 187
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists on ARM implementations that use speculative execution in control flow via a side-channel analysis, aka "straight-line speculation." To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker with local privileges would need to run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by bypassing the speculative execution.

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We spent way too long on this Microsoft, Intel, Adobe, SAP, Red Hat Patch Tuesday article. Just click on it, pretend to read it, apply updates
The Register • Shaun Nichols in San Francisco • 11 Aug 2020

Please, thanks, good show, cheers, ta

Patch Tuesday Patch Tuesday used to be Microsoft's day to release patches. Now Adobe, Intel, and SAP are routinely joining the fun – with special guest star Red Hat this month. If you've felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of security patches Microsoft has emitted this year, you are not alone. Patch watchers at the Zero Day Initiative said that, including the 120 product security bulletins posted this August, Microsoft is just 11 patches away from surpassing its 2019 full-year total with four...