CVE-2022-48251

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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."

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-01-10 CVE Reserved
2023-01-10 CVE Published
2024-08-02 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-203: Observable Discrepancy

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/230	Technical Description

URL	Date	SRC
https://eshard.com/posts/sca-attacks-on-armv8	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a53 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a53 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a53 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a53"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a55 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a55 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a55 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a55"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a57 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a57 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a57 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a57"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a72 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a72 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a72 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a72"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a73 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a73 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a73 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a73"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a75 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a75 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a75 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a75"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a76 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a76 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a76 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a76"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a76ae Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a76ae Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a76ae Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a76ae"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a77 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a77 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a77 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a77"	-	-	Safe
Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a78 Firmware Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a78 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Arm Search vendor "Arm"	Cortex-a78 Search vendor "Arm" for product "Cortex-a78"	-	-	Safe