Spectre

Summary

Spectre is a vulnerability^[1]. Spectre draws 366 Wikipedia views per month (vulnerability category, ranking #3 of 27).^[2]

Key Facts

• Spectre is credited with the discovery of Project Zero^[3].
• Spectre is credited with the discovery of Paul Kocher^[4].
• Spectre's image is recorded as Spectre logo with text.svg^[5].
• Spectre's instance of is recorded as vulnerability^[6].
• Spectre's instance of is recorded as named vulnerability^[7].
• Spectre's instance of is recorded as timing attack^[8].
• Spectre's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2018-01-03T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Spectre's publication date is recorded as +2018-01-03T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Spectre's has cause is recorded as memory leak^[11].
• Spectre's has cause is recorded as speculative execution^[12].
• Spectre's official website is recorded as https://spectreattack.com/^[13].
• Spectre's has effect is recorded as disclosure^[14].
• Spectre's has effect is recorded as arbitrary code execution^[15].
• Spectre's has effect is recorded as data corruption^[16].
• Spectre's hashtag is recorded as Spectre^[17].
• Spectre's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f3nj34hs^[18].
• Spectre's Quora topic ID is recorded as Spectre-Microprocessor-Security-Flaw^[19].
• Spectre's Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ID is recorded as CVE-2017-5753^[20].
• Spectre's Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ID is recorded as CVE-2017-5715^[21].
• Spectre's GitLab topic ID is recorded as CVE-2017-5753^[22].
• Spectre's GitLab topic ID is recorded as CVE-2017-5715^[23].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Project Zero^[3], a team^[24], founded in 2014^[25] and Paul Kocher^[4], a cryptographer^[26], b. 1973^[27], of United States^[28], awarded the Marconi Prize^[29].

Why It Matters

Spectre draws 366 Wikipedia views per month (vulnerability category, ranking #3 of 27).^[2] Spectre has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]