Spectre (security vulnerability): Revision history

27 October 2024

• curprev 11:1511:15, 27 October 2024 2405:9800:b641:4636:50f3:d030:9da:5bae talk 84,169 bytes −19 No edit summary undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

23 August 2024

• curprev 03:5503:55, 23 August 2024 Maxeto0910 talk contribs 84,188 bytes +21 →Microsoft Windows undo Tag: Visual edit: Switched

15 August 2024

• curprev 09:1309:13, 15 August 2024 JJMC89 bot III talk contribs m 84,167 bytes −7 Moving Category:Speculative execution security vulnerabilities to Category:Transient execution CPU vulnerabilities per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy undo

12 August 2024

• curprev 05:3905:39, 12 August 2024 Pppery talk contribs 84,174 bytes −104 In subcat undo

9 August 2024

• curprev 23:3923:39, 9 August 2024 GA-RT-22 talk contribs 84,278 bytes −7 layout undo

5 July 2024

• curprev 16:4616:46, 5 July 2024 GreenC bot talk contribs 84,285 bytes −32 Move 3 urls. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#zdnet.com undo

7 June 2024

• curprev 17:2217:22, 7 June 2024 87Fan talk contribs 84,317 bytes −287 →Mitigation: went in to fix some wp:weasel and then found that the article didn't say what Wikipedia said it did. So, fixed. undo

25 May 2024

• curprev 23:5923:59, 25 May 2024 IAmTheSpaghetti talk contribs 84,604 bytes −233 →Mechanism: Remove very inaccurate summary. Spectre does not trick a program into accessing memory, and an attacker leveraging Spectre does not read the memory that the victim program accessed. The vulnerability is that details of the CPU's behavior when executing a program are visible to other processes due to side effects, and that information may be enough for an attacker to determine what data the CPU was operating on. This is explained correctly in the subsequent paragraphs. undo
• curprev 22:1522:15, 25 May 2024 IAmTheSpaghetti talk contribs 84,837 bytes 0 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

24 May 2024

• curprev 00:3200:32, 24 May 2024 Isi96 talk contribs 84,837 bytes +10,120 Rescuing 55 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5 undo Tag: IABotManagementConsole [1.3]

22 May 2024

• curprev 22:4022:40, 22 May 2024 114.23.253.24 talk 74,717 bytes −108 →History: remove spurious reference to follow-on wok on Javascript which distracts from the key point undo Tag: Visual edit

21 May 2024

• curprev 02:0502:05, 21 May 2024 2603:6081:8401:110:5ec4:2df0:dc6c:73 talk 74,825 bytes +60 →Immune hardware: Add x86 chips undo

19 May 2024

• curprev 10:0010:00, 19 May 2024 Redrabbyte talk contribs m 74,765 bytes −7 removed "timing", as spectre and meltdown attacks don't *need* timing side-channels, they're just convenient undo

15 April 2024

• curprev 00:1400:14, 15 April 2024 118.220.160.247 talk 74,772 bytes −31 →Mitigation: Usd.edu != ucsd.edu, see paper. Grammar & style undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

12 February 2024

• curprev 19:3619:36, 12 February 2024 Alinowe talk contribs 74,803 bytes +40 added Category:Computer security exploits using HotCat undo
• curprev 16:3716:37, 12 February 2024 Kvng talk contribs 74,763 bytes +92 Added {{Expert needed}} tag undo Tag: Twinkle

10 February 2024

• curprev 04:5604:56, 10 February 2024 Z80Spectrum talk contribs 74,671 bytes −19 →Mechanism: Corrected a factually wrong statement. Spectre has nothing to do with OoO, only with SE. That's why it's called SPECTRE. undo Tags: Visual edit Newcomer task Newcomer task: update
• curprev 04:5204:52, 10 February 2024 Z80Spectrum talk contribs 74,690 bytes 0 →Mechanism: phrasing undo Tags: Visual edit Newcomer task Newcomer task: update

23 January 2024

• curprev 18:1918:19, 23 January 2024 Davemck talk contribs m 74,690 bytes −17 Clean up duplicate template arguments using findargdups; fix ref errors undo
• curprev 16:1916:19, 23 January 2024 Hexware talk contribs m 74,707 bytes +146 Fix dead link undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

19 January 2024

• curprev 16:1916:19, 19 January 2024 140.141.192.46 talk 74,561 bytes 0 →Mitigation: No major style guide (CMS, APA, Oxford, MLS) permits such colon use. See here for explanation: https://apastyle.apa.org/learn/faqs/colon-use. undo Tag: Visual edit: Switched

18 January 2024

• curprev 20:1820:18, 18 January 2024 Michaelmalak talk contribs 74,561 bytes +1 Undid revision 1196813451 by 140.141.192.46 (talk) MOS:QUOTEPUNCT undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 15:5115:51, 18 January 2024 140.141.192.46 talk 74,560 bytes −1 No style guide permits such colon use. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit
• curprev 06:5706:57, 18 January 2024 James-sleet talk contribs m 74,561 bytes −27 Delete transient category. Category:Speculative execution security vulnerabilities parent is Category:Hardware_bugs undo Tag: Visual edit

3 January 2024

• curprev 22:4922:49, 3 January 2024 Kvng talk contribs m 74,588 bytes −15 simplify link undo

30 December 2023

• curprev 19:1319:13, 30 December 2023 Sohom Datta talk contribs 74,603 bytes +15 →Other software: cap undo
• curprev 19:1219:12, 30 December 2023 Sohom Datta talk contribs 74,588 bytes +4 →Other software: lnk undo

19 December 2023

• curprev 14:1214:12, 19 December 2023 Kvng talk contribs m 74,584 bytes +3 avoid unnec redirect undo

17 December 2023

• curprev 18:0418:04, 17 December 2023 140.141.192.46 talk 74,581 bytes +1 →Mitigation: Fixed typo undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 18:0418:04, 17 December 2023 140.141.192.46 talk 74,580 bytes −4 →Mitigation: Incomplete sentence. Improper colon use. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 18:0318:03, 17 December 2023 140.141.192.46 talk 74,584 bytes 0 →Mitigation: No major style guide permits such colon usage. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

1 December 2023

• curprev 22:0022:00, 1 December 2023 Northern Moonlight talk contribs 74,584 bytes −5 Use official website template undo
• curprev 21:5921:59, 1 December 2023 Northern Moonlight talk contribs 74,589 bytes −7 simpler undo

29 October 2023

• curprev 23:3023:30, 29 October 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 74,596 bytes +63 Alter: title. Add: chapter. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Whoop whoop pull up | #UCB_webform 886/895 undo

24 October 2023

• curprev 18:2718:27, 24 October 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 74,533 bytes +92 Alter: url, template type. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: s2cid, isbn, doi, pages, date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | #UCB_webform 3824/3836 undo

5 September 2023

• curprev 13:4013:40, 5 September 2023 Saibot123 talk contribs 74,441 bytes +719 →History undo

26 August 2023

• curprev 19:5319:53, 26 August 2023 Ira Leviton talk contribs m 73,722 bytes +1 Fixed a typo in a reference. Please see Category:CS1 errors: unsupported parameter. undo
• curprev 19:5219:52, 26 August 2023 Ira Leviton talk contribs 73,721 bytes −5 Fixed a reference. Please see Category:CS1 errors: unsupported parameter. undo

18 August 2023

• curprev 23:2123:21, 18 August 2023 Squoop talk contribs m 73,726 bytes 0 →Mechanism: Fixed typo undo Tags: canned edit summary Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

3 August 2023

• curprev 14:5614:56, 3 August 2023 2a00:79e0:9d:200:8cb9:53fd:c828:6da8 talk 73,726 bytes −10 remove marketing mumbo jumbo undo Tag: Visual edit

22 July 2023

• curprev 00:1200:12, 22 July 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 73,736 bytes +80 Alter: title, template type. Add: date, chapter-url, chapter, authors 1-1. Removed or converted URL. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Josve05a | #UCB_toolbar undo
• curprev 00:0900:09, 22 July 2023 Josve05a talk contribs 73,656 bytes +37 Reference edited with ProveIt #proveit undo Tag: ProveIt edit

8 April 2023

• curprev 15:0215:02, 8 April 2023 HWsecurity91 talk contribs m 73,619 bytes −1 removed a space. undo Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 15:0115:01, 8 April 2023 HWsecurity91 talk contribs m 73,620 bytes +192 Added a line about adversarial versions of Spectre attack. undo Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 14:5914:59, 8 April 2023 HWsecurity91 talk contribs m 73,428 bytes +4 Grammer fix. undo Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 14:5314:53, 8 April 2023 HWsecurity91 talk contribs m 73,424 bytes +3 Typos fixed. undo Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 14:5214:52, 8 April 2023 HWsecurity91 talk contribs m 73,421 bytes +73 Typos fixed. undo Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 14:4414:44, 8 April 2023 HWsecurity91 talk contribs 73,348 bytes +1,670 I added information on antivirus capability on detecting Spectre attack and the relevant recent works/advances in technology. undo Tag: Visual edit

27 March 2023

• curprev 04:4904:49, 27 March 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 71,678 bytes +33 Alter: url, template type. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: eprint, class, s2cid, authors 1-1. Removed proxy/dead URL that duplicated identifier. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Whoop whoop pull up | #UCB_webform 526/3352 undo

15 March 2023

• curprev 14:4014:40, 15 March 2023 Michaelmalak talk contribs 71,645 bytes +2,643 I personally found all that info really interesting. The first of the three already had secondary sources so I left that alone. I moved and contextualized the second and third of the three, while removing promotional language. undo