Vulnerability · CVE-2017-5753
Intel atom_c Observable Discrepancy
Published Sep 8, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 8, 2026 · Intel
Patch now
CVE-2017-5753 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Intel against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 93.84%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- vendor Intel atom_c
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.
Are you affected?
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- vendor Intel atom_cversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2017-5753
Recommended remediation
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2017-5753 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Intel against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 93.84%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 8, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV
Detected
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.
Sep 8, 2026 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-5753
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-5753
30-day exploitation probability 93.8%
first.org - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-5753
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.