Out-of-Bounds Read in Trusted Firmware-A (CVE-2022-47630)
Summary
Vulnerability in Trusted Firmware-A (CVE-2022-47630). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Trusted Firmware-A through 2.8 has an out-of-bounds read in the X.509 parser for parsing boot certificates. This affects downstream use of get_ext and auth_nvctr. Attackers might be able to trigger dangerous read side effects or obtain sensitive information about microarchitectural state.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-47630 has been found in Trusted Firmware-A.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Trusted Firmware-A CVE-2022-47630" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-47630 (Trusted Firmware-A) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 7.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Trusted Firmware-A.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Trusted Firmware-A.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.4/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Trusted Firmware-A を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47630 arm-trusted-firmware
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47630 arm-trusted-firmware
References
- patch openwall.com
- patch trustedfirmware-a.readthedocs.io
- patch trustedfirmware.org