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CVE-2021-3011


An electromagnetic-wave side-channel issue was discovered on NXP SmartMX / P5x security microcontrollers and A7x secure authentication microcontrollers, with CryptoLib through v2.9. It allows attackers to extract the ECDSA private key after extensive physical access (and consequently produce a clone). This was demonstrated on the Google Titan Security Key, based on an NXP A7005a chip. Other FIDO U2F security keys are also impacted (Yubico YubiKey Neo and Feitian K9, K13, K21, and K40) as well as several NXP JavaCard smartcards (J3A081, J2A081, J3A041, J3D145_M59, J2D145_M59, J3D120_M60, J3D082_M60, J2D120_M60, J2D082_M60, J3D081_M59, J2D081_M59, J3D081_M61, J2D081_M61, J3D081_M59_DF, J3D081_M61_DF, J3E081_M64, J3E081_M66, J2E081_M64, J3E041_M66, J3E016_M66, J3E016_M64, J3E041_M64, J3E145_M64, J3E120_M65, J3E082_M65, J2E145_M64, J2E120_M65, J2E082_M65, J3E081_M64_DF, J3E081_M66_DF, J3E041_M66_DF, J3E016_M66_DF, J3E041_M64_DF, and J3E016_M64_DF).


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.2, but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), for affected systems. Impacting 45 products from ftsafe, from ftsafe, from ftsafe and 42 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2021, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2021-01-07T16:15:12.120

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:20:44.607

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-670

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Hardware ftsafe k13 - Yes
Hardware ftsafe k21 - Yes
Hardware ftsafe k40 - Yes
Hardware ftsafe k9 - Yes
Hardware google titan_security_key - Yes
Hardware nxp 3a081 - Yes
Hardware nxp a7005a - Yes
Hardware nxp j2a081 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2d081_m59 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2d081_m61 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2d082_m60 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2d120_m60 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2d145_m59 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2e081_m64 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2e082_m65 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2e120_m65 - Yes
Hardware nxp j2e145_m64 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3a041 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3d081_m59 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3d081_m59_df - Yes
Hardware nxp j3d081_m61 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3d081_m61_df - Yes
Hardware nxp j3d082_m60 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3d120_m60 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3d145_m59 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e016_m64 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e016_m64_df - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e016_m66 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e016_m66_df - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e041_m64 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e041_m64_df - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e041_m66 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e041_m66_df - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e081_m64 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e081_m64_df - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e081_m66 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e081_m66_df - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e082_m65 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e120_m65 - Yes
Hardware nxp j3e145_m64 - Yes
Hardware nxp p5010 - Yes
Hardware nxp p5020 - Yes
Hardware nxp p5021 - Yes
Hardware nxp p5040 - Yes
Hardware yubico yubikey_neo - Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For ftsafe's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.