Spectre is a type of side-channel attack that targets the speculative execution mechanism in modern CPUs. When a CPU encounters a branch instruction, it attempts to predict the outcome to improve performance. If the prediction is incorrect, the CPU rolls back the changes, but some data may still be left in the cache. Spectre exploits this process, allowing an attacker to access sensitive information by analyzing the cache contents.
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The Spectre vulnerability has significant implications for: the CPU rolls back the changes