Downfall (security vulnerability)
Downfall, known as Gather Data Sampling (GDS) by Intel, is a computer security vulnerability found in 6th through 11th generations of consumer and 1st through 4th generations of Xeon Intel x86-64 microprocessors. It is a transient execution CPU vulnerability which relies on speculative execution of Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) instructions to reveal the content of vector registers.
| CVE identifier(s) | CVE-2022-40982 |
|---|---|
| Affected hardware | 6-11th gen Intel Core CPUs |
| Website | https://downfall.page/ |
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