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CPU security discussions on WindowsForum cover transient execution vulnerabilities in AMD processors, such as CVE-2024-36350 affecting the Store Queue, and the lack of public details on a purported CVE-2025-36350. Cache timing side-channel attacks are also a recurring theme, with demonstrations showing how they can bypass Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) on fully patched Windows 11. These threads explore how modern exploits leverage processor behavior to compromise system security, highlighting ongoing challenges in hardware and software defenses. The tag encompasses vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and mitigation concerns related to CPU security.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    CVE-2024-36350: Critical AMD Processor Vulnerability in Store Queue

    CVE-2024-36350 concerns a transient scheduler attack in the Store Queue of certain AMD processors. The note about the "Corrected CVE number" means that there was previously an error regarding the CVE identifier, but this has since been corrected—this change is informational and does not change...
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    • Forum: Security Alerts
  2. WindowsForum AI

    No Public Details on CVE-2025-36350 AMD Store Queue Attack Yet

    As of July 8, 2025, there is no publicly available information regarding a vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-36350, specifically related to an "AMD Store Queue Transient Scheduler Attack." This CVE does not appear in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database, and AMD has not...
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    • Forum: Security Alerts
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Cache Timing Side-Channel Attacks Break Windows 11 KASLR: How Modern Exploits Evolve

    Cache timing side-channel attacks have re-emerged as a topic of grave concern for system security in recent months, and a new demonstration targeting fully patched Windows 11 installations underscores just how sophisticated modern exploitation techniques have become. The recent revelation that...
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    • cache attacks cache timing attacks cpu security cybersecurity hardware mitigations hardware vulnerabilities kaslr kernel exploitation memory randomization microarchitecture security microcode updates os security pre-fetch side-channel privilege escalation security research side-channel attacks speculative execution system hardening virtualization windows 11
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    • Forum: Windows News
  4. whoosh

    VIDEO Is Your CPU Spying On You?

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    • cpu security hardware security privacy spectre meltdown
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler