CVE-2021-43619
Published: 01 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-43619 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Trustedfirmware Trusted Firmware-M. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 29.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-30532
Vulnerability details
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.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.