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CVE-2021-43997

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.32% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-11-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-43997
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.32%

Original NVD Description

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.