CVE-2018-5407: Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.7)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Aug
Released
2026-04-29
Last Updated
2026-08-07
EPSS Score
3.42% (percentile: 87.8%)

Affected Products (8)

Open Source Software

  • cbl2 shim-unsigned-aarch64 15-5 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • azl3 shim-unsigned-x64 16.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 shim-unsigned-aarch64 16.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 shim-unsigned-x64 16.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 shim-unsigned-aarch64 15-5
  • cbl2 shim-unsigned-x64 15.8-1
  • cbl2 shim-unsigned-x64 15.8-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • azl3 shim-unsigned-aarch64 16.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

Revision History

  • 2026-04-29: Information published.
  • 2026-04-29: Information published.
  • 2026-08-07: Information published.