Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 4, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-18068
CVE-2018-18068
Description
The ARM-based hardware debugging feature on Raspberry Pi 3 module B+ and possibly other devices allows non-secure EL1 code to read/write any EL3 (the highest privilege level in ARMv8) memory/register via inter-processor debugging. With a debug host processor A running in non-secure EL1 and a debug target processor B running in any privilege level, the debugging feature allows A to halt B and promote B to any privilege level. As a debug host, A has full control of B even if B owns a higher privilege level than A. Accordingly, A can read/write any EL3 memory/register via B. Also, with this memory access, A can execute arbitrary code in EL3.
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:raspberrypi:raspberry_pi_3_model_b\+_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.cs.wayne.edu/fengwei/paper/nailgun-sp19.pdfnvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article/sp/2019/666000b157/17D45WHONhvnvdThird Party Advisory
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