Critical severity · published Dec 10, 2024
CVE-2024-5660
Use of Hardware Page Aggregation (HPA) and Stage-1 and/or Stage-2 translation on Cortex-A77, Cortex-A78, Cortex-A78C, Cortex-A78AE, Cortex-A710, Cortex-X1, Cortex-X1C, Cortex-X2,…
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use of Hardware Page Aggregation (HPA) and Stage-1 and/or Stage-2 translation on Cortex-A77, Cortex-A78, Cortex-A78C, Cortex-A78AE, Cortex-A710, Cortex-X1, Cortex-X1C, Cortex-X2, Cortex-X3, Cortex-X4, Cortex-X925, Neoverse V1, Neoverse V2, Neoverse V3, Neoverse V3AE, Neoverse N2 may permit bypass of Stage-2 translation and/or GPT protection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CF
Cortex-a710 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-a77 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-a78 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-a78ae Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-a78c Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-x1 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-x1c Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-x2 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-x3 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-x4 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Cortex-x925 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NN
Neoverse N2 Firmware · Arm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5660
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5660
Vendor Advisory
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Arm%20CPU%20Vulnerability%20CVE-2024-5660
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