CVE-2020-13844
What it is
Arm Armv8-A core implementations utilizing speculative execution past unconditional changes in control flow may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka "straight-line speculation."
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-203
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Arm cortex-a32 Firmware
- Arm cortex-a35 Firmware
- Arm cortex-a53 Firmware
- Arm cortex-a57 Firmware
- Arm cortex-a72 Firmware
- Arm cortex-a73 Firmware
- Arm cortex-a34 Firmware
- Opensuse Leap 15.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/downloads/straight-line-speculation
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/frequently-asked-questions
- https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2020-June/547520.html
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/downloads/straight-line-speculation
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/frequently-asked-questions
- https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2020-June/547520.html
References
- http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-June/142109.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00040.html
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/downloads/straight-line-speculation
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/frequently-asked-questions
- https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2020-June/547520.html
- http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-June/142109.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00040.html
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/downloads/straight-line-speculation
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/frequently-asked-questions
- https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2020-June/547520.html