TrustedFirmware-M (aka Trusted Firmware for M profile Arm CPUs) before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 lacks length validation during a firmware upgrade. While processing a new image, the Firmware Upgrade (FWU) module does not validate the length field of the Type-Length-Value (TLV) structure for dependent components against the maximum allowed size. If the length specified in the TLV exceeds the size of the buffer allocated on the stack, the FWU module will overwrite the buffer (and potentially other stack data) with the TLV's value content. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious TLV entry in the unprotected section of the MCUBoot upgrade image. By setting the length field to exceed the expected structure size, the attacker can manipulate the stack memory of the system during the upgrade process.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Trustedfirmware
Trustedfirmware trusted Firmware-m
Vendors & Products Trustedfirmware
Trustedfirmware trusted Firmware-m

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Weaknesses CWE-121
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description TrustedFirmware-M (aka Trusted Firmware for M profile Arm CPUs) before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 lacks length validation during a firmware upgrade. While processing a new image, the Firmware Upgrade (FWU) module does not validate the length field of the Type-Length-Value (TLV) structure for dependent components against the maximum allowed size. If the length specified in the TLV exceeds the size of the buffer allocated on the stack, the FWU module will overwrite the buffer (and potentially other stack data) with the TLV's value content. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious TLV entry in the unprotected section of the MCUBoot upgrade image. By setting the length field to exceed the expected structure size, the attacker can manipulate the stack memory of the system during the upgrade process.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T19:50:36.664Z

Reserved: 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-53022

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-30T19:49:54.269Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-30T20:15:36.760

Modified: 2025-07-31T18:42:37.870

Link: CVE-2025-53022

cve-icon Redhat

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