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CVE-2017-5927· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern ARM pro

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern ARM processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Feb 27, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.6% · 75th percentile
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Report tools

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
allwinnera64
amdathlon ii 640 x4
amde-350
amdfx-8120 8-core
amdfx-8320 8-core
amdfx-8350 8-core
amdphenom 9550 4-core
intelatom c2750
intelceleron n2840
intelcore i5 m480
intelcore i7-2620qm
intelcore i7-3632qm

and 8 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • allwinner a64all versions
  • amd athlon ii 640 x4all versions
  • amd e-350all versions
  • amd fx-8120 8-coreall versions
  • amd fx-8320 8-coreall versions
  • amd fx-8350 8-coreall versions
  • amd phenom 9550 4-coreall versions
  • intel atom c2750all versions
  • intel celeron n2840all versions
  • intel core i5 m480all versions
  • intel core i7 920all versions
  • intel core i7-2620qmall versions
  • intel core i7-3632qmall versions
  • intel core i7-4500uall versions
  • intel core i7-6700kall versions
  • intel xeon e3-1240 v5all versions
  • intel xeon e5-2658 v2all versions
  • nvidia tegra k1 cd570m-a1all versions
  • nvidia tegra k1 cd580m-a1all versions
  • samsung exynos 5800all versions

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

json
{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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