CVE-2018-18068 (GCVE-0-2018-18068)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-04 19:13 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:01
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Summary
The ARM-based hardware debugging feature on Raspberry Pi 3 module B+ and possibly other devices allows non-secure EL1 code to read/write any EL3 (the highest privilege level in ARMv8) memory/register via inter-processor debugging. With a debug host processor A running in non-secure EL1 and a debug target processor B running in any privilege level, the debugging feature allows A to halt B and promote B to any privilege level. As a debug host, A has full control of B even if B owns a higher privilege level than A. Accordingly, A can read/write any EL3 memory/register via B. Also, with this memory access, A can execute arbitrary code in EL3.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.cs.wayne.edu/fengwei/paper/nailgun-sp19.pdf | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2019-01-28 00:00
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