3 ms·
> to discern to some extent the layout or contents of protected kernel memory areas. For the end user, what possible negative consequences are there from this?
by wvenable 9y ago
> to discern to some extent the layout or contents of protected kernel memory areas.
For the end user, what possible negative consequences are there from this? It seems pretty far fetched that there could be any serious security implications from JavaScript on a desktop/mobile computer.
- lossolo 9y agoUsing spectre you can read memory from the process on which javascript is executed, for firefox this is probably whole browser memory, chrome runs sites in different processes (but not always ex iframes).