CVE-2021-44149 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Trusted Firmware OP-TEE Trusted OS up to version 3.15.0, specifically impacting NXP i.MX6UL SoC devices. The flaw stems from a missing security access configuration in the OPTEE-OS CSU driver for wakeup-related registers. This oversight allows the NonSecure World to bypass TrustZone protections, enabling arbitrary memory read/write operations on Secure World memory. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack with low complexity that can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:trustedfirmware:op-tee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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