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CVE-2020-1459

Published: Aug 17, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Microsoft

Windows 10 Version 1809

affected
10.0.0 - < publication

Microsoft

Windows 10 Version 1909

affected
10.0.0 - < publication

Microsoft

Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

affected
10.0.0 - < publication

Microsoft

Windows 10 Version 2004

affected
10.0.0 - < publication

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

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