Medium severity · published Jan 7, 2021
CVE-2021-3011
An electromagnetic-wave side-channel issue was discovered on NXP SmartMX / P5x security microcontrollers and A7x secure authentication microcontrollers, with CryptoLib through…
4.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An electromagnetic-wave side-channel issue was discovered on NXP SmartMX / P5x security microcontrollers and A7x secure authentication microcontrollers, with CryptoLib through v2.9. It allows attackers to extract the ECDSA private key after extensive physical access (and consequently produce a clone). This was demonstrated on the Google Titan Security Key, based on an NXP A7005a chip. Other FIDO U2F security keys are also impacted (Yubico YubiKey Neo and Feitian K9, K13, K21, and K40) as well as several NXP JavaCard smartcards (J3A081, J2A081, J3A041, J3D145_M59, J2D145_M59, J3D120_M60, J3D082_M60, J2D120_M60, J2D082_M60, J3D081_M59, J2D081_M59, J3D081_M61, J2D081_M61, J3D081_M59_DF, J3D081_M61_DF, J3E081_M64, J3E081_M66, J2E081_M64, J3E041_M66, J3E016_M66, J3E016_M64, J3E041_M64, J3E145_M64, J3E120_M65, J3E082_M65, J2E145_M64, J2E120_M65, J2E082_M65, J3E081_M64_DF, J3E081_M66_DF, J3E041_M66_DF, J3E016_M66_DF, J3E041_M64_DF, and J3E016_M64_DF).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
3A
3a081 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A7
A7005a · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
J2
J2a081 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2d081 M59 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2d081 M61 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2d082 M60 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2d120 M60 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2d145 M59 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2e081 M64 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2e082 M65 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2e120 M65 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JM
J2e145 M64 · Nxp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
