CVE-2021-29415

Published May 21, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-16050 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 10:02 PM
Reserved
Mar 29, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 21, 2021, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:47 AM