CVE-2021-27562

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 25, 2021 at 06:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTrusted Firmware M

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score3.1%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 3.1% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 88% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Arm Trusted Firmware contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability allowing the non-secure (NS) world to trigger a system halt, overwrite secure data, or print out secure data when calling secure functions under the non-secure processing environment (NSPE) handler mode. This vulnerability affects Yealink Device Management servers.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Nov 3, 2021
Remediation Due
Nov 17, 2021
1808 days overdue

Description

In Arm Trusted Firmware M through 1.2, the NS world may trigger a system halt, an overwrite of secure data, or the printing out of secure data when calling secure functions under the NSPE handler mode.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787

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