CVE-2017-7563

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Arm
Status
Arm Trusted Firmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 June 2017

Summary

In ARM Trusted Firmware 1.3, RO memory is always executable at AArch64 Secure EL1, allowing attackers to bypass the MT_EXECUTE_NEVER protection mechanism. This issue occurs because of inconsistency in the number of execute-never bits (one bit versus two bits).

References

https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/wiki...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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