CVE-2017-5927

Exp

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.

Published: 2017-02-27 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-5927 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-5927

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-5927

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.31% 0.38% +0.07%
2 2025-11-18 0.38% 0.31% -0.07%
3 2025-05-06 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-5927

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-5927

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-5927

vendor priority summary link
suse low — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5927/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-5927

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
allwinner a64 — cpe:2.3:h:allwinner:a64:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amd athlon_ii_640_x4 — cpe:2.3:h:amd:athlon_ii_640_x4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amd e-350 — cpe:2.3:h:amd:e-350:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amd fx-8120_8-core — cpe:2.3:h:amd:fx-8120_8-core:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amd fx-8320_8-core — cpe:2.3:h:amd:fx-8320_8-core:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amd fx-8350_8-core — cpe:2.3:h:amd:fx-8350_8-core:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amd phenom_9550_4-core — cpe:2.3:h:amd:phenom_9550_4-core:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel atom_c2750 — cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c2750:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel celeron_n2840 — cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n2840:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel core_i5_m480 — cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i5_m480:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel core_i7-2620qm — cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-2620qm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel core_i7-3632qm — cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-3632qm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel core_i7-4500u — cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-4500u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel core_i7-6700k — cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-6700k:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel core_i7_920 — cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7_920:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel xeon_e3-1240_v5 — cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e3-1240_v5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel xeon_e5-2658_v2 — cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e5-2658_v2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia tegra_k1_cd570m-a1 — cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:tegra_k1_cd570m-a1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia tegra_k1_cd580m-a1 — cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:tegra_k1_cd580m-a1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samsung exynos_5800 — cpe:2.3:h:samsung:exynos_5800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-5927

URL Tags
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~herbertb/download/papers/anc_ndss17.pdf Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96459
https://www.vusec.net/projects/anc Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
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