CVE-2021-1104
Published: 13 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-1104 is a critical-severity Use of Uninitialized Resource (CWE-908) vulnerability in Risc-V Instruction Set Manual. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 31.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-6571
Vulnerability details
The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual contains a documented ambiguity for the Machine Trap Vector Base Address (MTVEC) register that may lead to a vulnerability due to the initial state of the register not being defined, potentially leading to information disclosure,…
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data tampering and denial of service.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.