High severity · published Dec 18, 2018
CVE-2017-15031
In all versions of ARM Trusted Firmware up to and including v1.4, not initializing or saving/restoring the PMCR_EL0 register can leak secure world timing information
7.5
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In all versions of ARM Trusted Firmware up to and including v1.4, not initializing or saving/restoring the PMCR_EL0 register can leak secure world timing information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TF
Trusted Firmware-a · Trustedfirmware
through 2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15031
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15031
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106271
Patch
https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/wiki/ARM-Trusted-Firmware-Security-Advisory-TFV-5
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