High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-5926
CVE-2017-5926
Description
Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern AMD processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR.
Affected products
20- cpe:2.3:h:amd:athlon_ii_640_x4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:amd:fx-8120_8-core:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:amd:fx-8320_8-core:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:amd:fx-8350_8-core:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:amd:phenom_9550_4-core:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c2750:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n2840:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i5_m480:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-2620qm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-3632qm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-4500u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-6700k:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7_920:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e3-1240_v5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e5-2658_v2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:tegra_k1_cd570m-a1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:tegra_k1_cd580m-a1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:samsung:exynos_5800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- www.cs.vu.nl/~herbertb/download/papers/anc_ndss17.pdfnvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.vusec.net/projects/ancnvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96457nvd
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