VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-40506
The overflow flag is not being updated for the msb and mac instructions, which results in an incorrect value in the overflow flag.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.73%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the ALU unit of the OR1200 (aka OpenRISC 1200) processor 2011-09-10 through 2015-11-11. The overflow flag is not being updated for the msb and mac instructions, which results in an incorrect value in the overflow flag. Any software that relies on this flag may experience corruption in execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.73% probability · 52th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- openrisc/or1200 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/openrisc/or1200/commit/2c0765d7ba12813df273cd693a99c4e744f0fbd5Patch
- https://seth.engr.tamu.edu/software-releases/thehuzz/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/openrisc/or1200/commit/2c0765d7ba12813df273cd693a99c4e744f0fbd5Patch
- https://seth.engr.tamu.edu/software-releases/thehuzz/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.