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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-5925 · published 27 February 2017

CVE-2017-5925: Allwinner a64 information exposure vulnerability

AAllwinner · A64

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

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 1.6% · top 25.5% CWE-200 · Information exposure
7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
1.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
20Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

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

Affected products

20 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~herbertb/download/papers/anc_ndss17.pdf ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96452
https://www.vusec.net/projects/anc ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~herbertb/download/papers/anc_ndss17.pdf ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96452
https://www.vusec.net/projects/anc ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-5925), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.