Certain Arm products before 2021-08-23 do not properly consider the effect of exceptions…
Priority LOW 16Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Certain Arm products before 2021-08-23 do not properly consider the effect of exceptions on a VLLDM instruction. A Non-secure handler may have read or write access to part of a Secure context. This affects Arm Cortex-M33 r0p0 through r1p0, Arm Cortex-M35P r0, Arm Cortex-M55 r0p0 through r1p0, and Arm China STAR-MC1 (in the STAR SE configuration).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00298 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
CPE configurations NVD · 8
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-m33_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | r0p0 – r1p0 | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-m33:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-m35p_firmware:r0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | r0 | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-m35p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-m55_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | r0p0 – r1p0 | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-m55:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:o:arm:china_star-mc1_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:h:arm:china_star-mc1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Arm |
- cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-m33_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r0p0 – r1p0 Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-m33:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-m35p_firmware:r0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r0 Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-m35p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-m55_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r0p0 – r1p0 Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-m55:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:o:arm:china_star-mc1_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:h:arm:china_star-mc1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Arm
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-35465
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2g78-x942-h8vj
References
Sources
- CVE-2021-35465 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-35465 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2g78-x942-h8vj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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