CVE-2020-27211

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    CVE-2020-27211

    Published: 21 May 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 devices through 2020-10-19 have improper protection against physical side channels. The flash read-out protection (APPROTECT) can be bypassed by injecting a fault during the boot phase.

    References: , https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/pdf/in_133_v1.0.pdf, https://limitedresults.com/2020/06/nrf52-debug-resurrection-approtect-bypass/, https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/de/das-institut/wissenschaftliche-exzellenz/security-and-trust-in-open-source-security-tokens.html, https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/en/FirmwareProtection.html, https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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