CVE detail
CVE-2017-5926
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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- ASLR Protection could be bypassed by visiting a website. Millions of devices at riskSecurity Affairs
A group of security researcher has devised a new attack technique dubbed AnC attack that allows to bypass the ASLR Protection on 22 CPU architectures. The Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR Protection) is a security mechanism used by operating systems to randomize the memory addresses used by key areas of processes, it makes hard for attackers […]
newssecurityaffairs.comFeb 17, 2017, 11:03 AM
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