CWE-1037
Processor Optimization Removal or Modification of Security-critical Code
The developer builds a security-critical protection mechanism into the software, but the processor optimizes the execution of the program such that the mechanism is removed or modified.
CVE-2024-37985 (GCVE-0-2024-37985)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-17 22:33
Modified
2025-05-05 17:00
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-1037 - Processor Optimization Removal or Modification of Security-critical Code
Summary
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
References
| ► | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ► | Microsoft | Windows 11 version 22H2 |
Version: 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.3880 |
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CVE-2025-26636 (GCVE-0-2025-26636)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-08 16:56
Modified
2025-08-05 18:11
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-1037 - Processor Optimization Removal or Modification of Security-critical Code
Summary
Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
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CVE-2025-48809 (GCVE-0-2025-48809)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-08 16:57
Modified
2025-08-05 18:12
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-1037 - Processor Optimization Removal or Modification of Security-critical Code
Summary
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References
| ► | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CVE-2025-48810 (GCVE-0-2025-48810)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-08 16:57
Modified
2025-08-05 18:12
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-1037 - Processor Optimization Removal or Modification of Security-critical Code
Summary
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|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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No mitigation information available for this CWE.
CAPEC-663: Exploitation of Transient Instruction Execution
An adversary exploits a hardware design flaw in a CPU implementation of transient instruction execution to expose sensitive data and bypass/subvert access control over restricted resources. Typically, the adversary conducts a covert channel attack to target non-discarded microarchitectural changes caused by transient executions such as speculative execution, branch prediction, instruction pipelining, and/or out-of-order execution. The transient execution results in a series of instructions (gadgets) which construct covert channel and access/transfer the secret data.