CVE-2005-0109

MEDIUM

Intel Pentium - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

Hyper-Threading technology, as used in FreeBSD and other operating systems that are run on Intel Pentium and other processors, allows local users to use a malicious thread to create covert channels, monitor the execution of other threads, and obtain sensitive information such as cryptographic keys, via a timing attack on memory cache misses.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 34.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
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freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
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... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Mar 05, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026