We all know very well that in the technology segment, the year 2019 was soon marked by the vulnerabilities that particularly affect Intel processors. As the company has already stated that it is not the only one to register such problems in its chips.
Here Is The List Of Intel CPUs Affected By Spectre & Meltdown
In the technology segment, the year 2019 was soon marked by vulnerabilities that particularly affect Intel processors. The company has already stated that it is not the only one to register such problems in its chips and, in such a case, even led the Intel CEO to sell shares after being aware of this failure in its processors.
Find out what are, after all, the models of the processors affected by Spectre and Meltdown security flaw or vulnerability.
Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities! What is the danger?
Both allow hackers to access sensitive information by accessing the device’s base memory.
The first vulnerability, Meltdown, successfully removes the barrier between user applications and sensitive parts of the operating system.
The second vulnerability, Spectre which is also found on AMD and ARM chips could make more vulnerable applications publish the contents of their memory.
Applications installed on devices work normally in ‘user mode’. If an application needs access to a protected area – access to the underlying disk, network, or processor – then it must request authorization to use “safe mode”.
In the case of Meltdown, a hacker can access security mode and main memory without asking for permission, successfully removing this barrier and allowing the eventual theft of RAM information from current applications such as password managers, search engines, emails, photos and documents.
Since these are hardware errors, repairing them is quite a complex job. Patches have been issued against Meltdown for Linux, Windows and OS X, and progress is also being made to strengthen the software against future Spectre attacks.
However, the tech giant Google has posted more information here https://meltdownattack.com/. It is essential that users should install the available patches immediately simply to combat or protect themselves from these two vulnerabilities.
But which Intel processors are affected?
According to a list published by the company itself, the affected processors are as follows:-
- Intelยฎ Core โข i3 processor (45nm and 32nm).
- Intelยฎ Core โข i5 processor (45nm and 32nm).
- Intelยฎ Core โข i7 processor (45nm and 32nm).
- Intelยฎ Core โข M processor family (45nm and 32nm).
- 2nd generation Intelยฎ Core โข processors.
- 3rd generation Intelยฎ Core โข processors.
- 4th generation Intelยฎ Core โข processors.
- 5th generation Intelยฎ Core โข processors.
- 6th generation Intelยฎ Core โข processors.
- 7th generation Intelยฎ Core โข processors.
- 8th generation Intelยฎ Core โข processors.
- Intelยฎ Core โข X-series Processor Family for Intelยฎ X99 platforms.
- Intelยฎ Core โข X-series Processor Family for Intelยฎ X299 platforms.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ processor 3400 series.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ processor 3600 series.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ processor 5500 series.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ processor 5600 series.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ processor 6500 series.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ processor 7500 series.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E3 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E3 v2 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E3 v3 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E3 v4 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E3 v5 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E3 v6 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E5 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E5 v2 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E5 v3 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E5 v4 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E7 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E7 v2 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E7 v3 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor E7 v4 Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeonยฎ Processor Scalable Family.
- Intelยฎ Xeon Phi โข Processor 3200, 5200, 7200 Series.
- Intelยฎ Atom โข Processor C Series.
- Intelยฎ Atom โข Processor E Series.
- Intelยฎ Atom โข Processor A Series.
- Intelยฎ Atom โข Processor x3 Series.
- Intelยฎ Atom โข Processor Z Series.
- Intelยฎ Celeronยฎ Processor J Series.
- Intelยฎ Celeronยฎ Processor N Series.
- Intelยฎ Pentiumยฎ Processor J Series.
- Intelยฎ Pentiumยฎ Processor N Series.
According to the information, this list is not yet the final. As the giant chip maker, Intel also states that anyone with AMD, ARM and Qualcomm CPUs should contact their respective brands to perform the security update.
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