CVE-2017-11671 (GCVE-0-2017-11671)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-26 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:12
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Summary
Under certain circumstances, the ix86_expand_builtin function in i386.c in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5 before 5.5, and 6 before 6.4 will generate instruction sequences that clobber the status flag of the RDRAND and RDSEED intrinsics before it can be read, potentially causing failures of these instructions to go unreported. This could potentially lead to less randomness in random number generation.
Severity
4.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2267 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2017-07-26 00:00
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