CVE-2021-43997

FreeRTOS versions 10.2.0 through 10.4.5 do not prevent non-kernel code from calling the xPortRaisePrivilege internal function to raise privilege

published November 17, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

FreeRTOS versions 10.2.0 through 10.4.5 do not prevent non-kernel code from calling the xPortRaisePrivilege internal function to raise privilege. FreeRTOS versions through 10.4.6 do not prevent a third party that has already independently gained the ability to execute injected code to achieve further privilege escalation by branching directly inside a FreeRTOS MPU API wrapper function with a manually crafted stack frame. These issues affect ARMv7-M MPU ports, and ARMv8-M ports with MPU support enabled (i.e. configENABLE_MPU set to 1). These are fixed in V10.5.0 and in V10.4.3-LTS Patch 3.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00339 · 26.1th percentile
Published
2021-11-17T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 NOV 00:00Z
    FreeRTOS versions 10.2.0 through 10.4.5 do not prevent non-kernel code from calling the xPortRaisePrivilege internal function to raise privilege
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