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CVE-2021-29415
The elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) hardware accelerator, part of the ARM® TrustZone® CryptoCell 310, contained in the NordicSemiconductor nRF52840 through 2…
Impact
The elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) hardware accelerator, part of the ARM® TrustZone® CryptoCell 310, contained in the NordicSemiconductor nRF52840 through 2021-03-29 has a non-constant time ECDSA implemenation. This allows an adversary to recover the private ECC key used during an ECDSA operation.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nordicsemi | Nrf52840 Firmware | through 2021-03-29 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640
- https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/de/das-institut/wissenschaftliche-exzellenz/security-and-trust-in-open-source-security-tokens.html
- https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/en/news-events/downloads-services/cve/
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640
- https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/de/das-institut/wissenschaftliche-exzellenz/security-and-trust-in-open-source-security-tokens.html
- https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/en/news-events/downloads-services/cve/