CVE-2021-43619
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Trusted Firmware M 1.4.x through 1.4.1 has a buffer overflow issue in the Firmware Update partition. In the IPC model, a psa_fwu_write caller from SPE or NSPE can overwrite stack memory locations.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-M/trusted-firmware-m.git/
- https://tf-m-user-guide.trustedfirmware.org/docs/security/security_advisories/fwu_write_vulnerability.html
- https://www.trustedfirmware.org
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-M/trusted-firmware-m.git/
- https://tf-m-user-guide.trustedfirmware.org/docs/security/security_advisories/fwu_write_vulnerability.html
- https://www.trustedfirmware.org
CWEs
CWE-120
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.