Weakness in Arm Cortex Processors Allowing Potential Control Over Branch History

CVE-2024-10929

Summary

Certain versions of Arm Cortex-A72, Cortex-A73, and Cortex-A75 processors may be susceptible to a vulnerability that can allow an adversary to gain a weak form of control over branch history. This can potentially enable exploitation scenarios that compromise the integrity of execution flow on affected devices, emphasizing the importance of patching and security best practices in critical systems.

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