CMSE secure state may leak from stack to floating-point registers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
When using Arm Cortex-M Security Extensions (CMSE), Secure stack contents can be leaked to Non-secure state via floating-point registers when a Secure to Non-secure function call is made that returns a floating-point value and when this is the first use of floating-point since entering Secure state. This allows an attacker to read a limited quantity of Secure stack contents with an impact on confidentiality. This issue is specific to code generated using LLVM-based compilers.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arm | Arm Compiler for Embedded | 6.6 – 6.22 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Arm | Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa 6.16LTS | All versions and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Arm | Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa 6.21 | All versions and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Arm | Arm Compiler for Functional Safety 6.6 | All versions and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Arm | CLang | 13 – 19 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Arm Compiler for Embedded VendorArm Affected 6.6 – 6.22 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa 6.16LTS VendorArm Affected All versions and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa 6.21 VendorArm Affected All versions and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Arm Compiler for Functional Safety 6.6 VendorArm Affected All versions and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- CLang VendorArm Affected 13 – 19 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:arm:arm_compiler_for_embedded:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.6 to before 6.23 | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:a:arm:arm_compiler_for_embedded_fusa:6.16:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 6.16 | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:a:arm:arm_compiler_for_embedded_fusa:6.21:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 6.21 | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:a:arm:arm_compiler_for_functional_safety:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.6 | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:a:arm:clang:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.0.0 to before 20.1.0 | Vulnerable | Arm |
- cpe:2.3:a:arm:arm_compiler_for_embedded:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6 to before 6.23 Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:a:arm:arm_compiler_for_embedded_fusa:6.16:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 6.16 Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:a:arm:arm_compiler_for_embedded_fusa:6.21:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 6.21 Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:a:arm:arm_compiler_for_functional_safety:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6 Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:a:arm:clang:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0.0 to before 20.1.0 Vulnerable ·Arm
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7883
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwj9-2733-p4wv
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-7883 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-7883 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vwj9-2733-p4wv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-7883 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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