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Arm · Trusted Firmware

CVE-2021-27562

Arm Trusted Firmware Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

CISA KEV record

CISA date added
2021-11-03
CISA due date
2021-11-17
Known ransomware use
Unknown

NVD risk context

5.5 MEDIUM

CVSS is a technical severity score. CISA’s KEV status remains the evidence that this vulnerability is known to be exploited.

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Attack vector
Local
An attacker needs local access to the affected system.
Attack complexity
Low
Exploitation does not require unusual conditions beyond normal attacker control.
Privileges required
Low
The attacker needs limited privileges before exploiting the issue.
User interaction
None
No action by another user is required.

Description

Arm Trusted Firmware contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability allowing the non-secure (NS) world to trigger a system halt, overwrite secure data, or print out secure data when calling secure functions under the non-secure processing environment (NSPE) handler mode. This vulnerability affects Yealink Device Management servers.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

NVD reference index

Vendor and remediation references

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Other NVD references (2)

MITRE CWE context

CWE classification

NVD record timing

NVD record timeline

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NVD published
May 25, 2021, 07:15 PM UTC
When NVD first published this CVE record.
NVD last updated
Jun 17, 2026, 03:45 AM UTC
When NVD last changed its analysis or record data.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CISA notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27562