Observable discrepancy in Arm Cortex-A72
Priority LOW 22CWE-1423Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-203.
Summary
In certain circumstances, an issue in Arm Cortex-A57, Cortex-A72 (revisions before r1p0), Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A75 may allow an adversary to gain a weak form of control over the victim's branch history.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0017 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Cortex-A72 (Arm): r1p0
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 | Cortex-A72 | before r1p0 | r1p0 | Patch available | CNA |
| Arm | Cortex-A73 | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Arm | Cortex-A75 | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Arm | Cortex-A57 | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cortex-A72 VendorArm Affected before r1p0 Fixed in r1p0 Patch available CNA
- Cortex-A73 VendorArm Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Cortex-A75 VendorArm Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Cortex-A57 VendorArm Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 8
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-a57_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-a57:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-a72_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-a72:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-a73_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-a73:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-a75_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Arm |
| cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-a75:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Arm |
- cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-a57_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-a57:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-a72_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-a72:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-a73_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-a73:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:o:arm:cortex-a75_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Arm
- cpe:2.3:h:arm:cortex-a75:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Arm
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Cortex-A72 (Arm) Fixed in r1p0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10929
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q8x5-7v94-rwpv
References
More Arm Cortex-a57 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03716 Observable discrepancy in Intel Most Modern Operating Systems CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.6
- TI-2022-23886 The AES instructions on the ARMv8 platform do not have an algorithm that is… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-07932 Certain Arm Cortex and Neoverse processors through 2022-03-08 do not properly restrict… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.6
- TI-2020-10830 Arm Armv8-A core implementations utilizing speculative execution past unconditional… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2022-09053 Spectre BHB is a variant of Spectre-v2 in which malicious code uses the shared branch… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
Sources
- CVE-2024-10929 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-10929 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q8x5-7v94-rwpv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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