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==Speculative execution vulnerabilities==

== See also ==

Starting in 2017 a series of security vulnerabilities were found in the implementations of [[speculative execution]] on common processor architectures which effectively enabled an elevation of [[privilege (computing)|privileges]].

These include:

* [[Spectre (security vulnerability)|Spectre]]

* [[Meltdown (security vulnerability)|Meltdown]]

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* [[Foreshadow (security vulnerability)|Foreshadow]]

* [[Microarchitectural Data Sampling]]

==Intel VISA==

In 2019 researchers discovered that a manufacturer debugging mode, known as VISA, had an undocumented feature on [[Intel Corporation|Intel]] Platform Controller Hubs, known as chipsets, which made the mode accessible with a normal motherboard possibly leading to a security vulnerability.<ref name=toms>{{cite web|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-visa-undocumented-feature-chipsets-cpus,38954.html|title=Intel Chipsets' Undocumented Feature Can Help Hackers Steal Data|work=Tom's Hardware|author=Lucian Armasu}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Security bug]]

* [[Computer security]]