Google shares Spectre PoC targeting browser JavaScript engines

From bleepingcomputer.com

Google shares Spectre PoC targeting browser JavaScript engines

Google has published JavaScript proof-of-concept (PoC) code to demonstrate the practicality of using Spectre exploits targeting web browsers to access information from a browser’s memory.

According to the Google Security Team, the PoC shared today works across a wide range of processor architectures, operating systems, and hardware generations.

Security mechanisms vendors have added to web browsers to protect users from Spectre attacks (e.g., Site Isolation, out-of-process iframes, Cross-Origin Read Blocking, and other Cross-Origin policies) don’t actually block exploitation attempts.

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