CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-48251
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-01-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-203
Description
The AES instructions on the ARMv8 platform do not have an algorithm that is "intrinsically resistant" to side-channel attacks. NOTE: the vendor reportedly offers the position "while power side channel attacks ... are possible, they are not directly caused by or related to the Arm architecture."
Affected configurations
• arm cortex-a53 firmware
• arm cortex-a55 firmware
• arm cortex-a57 firmware
• arm cortex-a72 firmware
• arm cortex-a73 firmware
• arm cortex-a75 firmware
• arm cortex-a76 firmware
• arm cortex-a76ae firmware
• arm cortex-a77 firmware
• arm cortex-a78 firmware
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy weakness
References
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/230 Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://eshard.com/posts/sca-attacks-on-armv8 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/230 Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://eshard.com/posts/sca-attacks-on-armv8 Exploit, Third Party Advisory