What is CVE-2021-44479?

CVE-2021-44479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nxp Kinetis K82, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-44479?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Nxp Kinetis K82

CVE-2021-44479

NXP Kinetis K82 devices have a buffer over-read via a crafted wlength value in a GET Status-Other request during use of USB In-System Programming (ISP) mode. This discloses protected flash memory.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (18.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Nxp Kinetis_k82
Nxp Kinetis_k82_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44479?: CVE-2021-44479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nxp Kinetis K82, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-44479?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.