Uninitialized TRNG used for ECDSA after EM2/EM3 sleep for VSE devices

published 2024-02-21 2y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-20017

cvss: 6.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits: 0; none known

TRNG is used before initialization by ECDSA signing driver when exiting EM2/EM3 on Virtual Secure Vault (VSE) devices. This defect may allow Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation.This issue affects Gecko SDK through v4.4.0.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2y ago (2024-02-21)

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

silabs.com GSDK

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1279 Cryptographic Operations are Run Before Supporting Units are Ready
CWE-331 Insufficient Entropy

References

community.silabs.com /068Vm000001FrjT
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Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-22473
NVD CVE-2024-22473

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