VYPR
Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5407

CVE-2018-5407

Description

Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.

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