The BL1 FWU SMC handling code in ARM Trusted Firmware before 1.4 might allow attackers to…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The BL1 FWU SMC handling code in ARM Trusted Firmware before 1.4 might allow attackers to write arbitrary data to secure memory, bypass the bl1_plat_mem_check protection mechanism, cause a denial of service, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted AArch32 image, which triggers an integer overflow.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9607
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vx3j-47rq-fwp6
References
More OP-TEE Trusted Firmware-a vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-11033 In all versions of ARM Trusted Firmware up to and including v1.4, not initializing or… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-05204 In ARM Trusted Firmware 1.3, RO memory is always executable at AArch64 Secure EL1… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2017-05205 In ARM Trusted Firmware through 1.3, the secure self-hosted invasive debug interface… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-23658 Trusted Firmware-A through 2.8 has an out-of-bounds read in the X.509 parser for parsing… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2018-13763 ARM Trusted Firmware-A allows information disclosure. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2023-15001 Improper input validation in AMD Zynq™ UltraScale+™ MPSoC/RFSoC CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-9607 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-9607 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vx3j-47rq-fwp6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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