CVE-2018-3639
Observable Discrepancy
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), Variant 4.
Official description from the CVE record, published by intel. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CVE license. View the record on cve.org
Key data
CVSS 3.1 Medium 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector: Local
The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: Low
A basic user account is needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: None
No effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: None
No effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Local | The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | Low | A basic user account is needed. |
| User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. |
| Scope | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component. |
| Confidentiality impact | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | None | No effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | None | No effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.60421 (60.4% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.2%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA assessment as of May 29, 2026
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-203Observable Discrepancy
Affected products
Intel Corporation Multiple
- affected: Multiple
References
- RHSA-2018:1689 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2162 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1641 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3680-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1997 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1665 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3407 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2164 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2001 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3423 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2003 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3654-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1645 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1643 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1652 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3424 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3402 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- TA18-141A (us-cert.gov)third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1656 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1664 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2258 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1688 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1658 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1657 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2289 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1666 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- 1042004 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2018:1675 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1660 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1965 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1661 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1633 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1636 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1854 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2006 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2250 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- 1040949 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2018:3401 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1737 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1826 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3651-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- DSA-4210 (debian.org)vendor-advisory
- 44695 (exploit-db.com)exploit
- RHSA-2018:1651 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1638 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1696 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2246 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1644 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1646 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180718 [SECURITY] [DLA 1423-1] linux-4.9 new package (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
- RHSA-2018:1639 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1668 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1637 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2948 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- VU#180049 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1686 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2172 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1663 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3652-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1629 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1655 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1640 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1669 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1676 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- 20180522 CPU Side-Channel Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities: May 2018 (tools.cisco.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3425 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2363 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1632 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1650 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2396 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2364 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3653-2 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2216 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3655-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1649 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2309 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- 104232 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2018:1653 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2171 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1635 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180916 [SECURITY] [DLA 1506-1] intel-microcode security update (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
- RHSA-2018:2394 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1710 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1659 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1711 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- DSA-4273 (debian.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1738 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1674 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3396 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1667 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3654-2 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1662 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1630 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1647 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1967 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3655-2 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3399 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:2060 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1690 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3653-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
and 47 more in the record on cve.org
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