CVE-2021-33881

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-33881
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-06 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-17 16:39:00 UTC
DescriptionOn NXP MIFARE Ultralight and NTAG cards, an attacker can interrupt a write operation (aka conduct a "tear off" attack) over RFID to bypass a Monotonic Counter protection mechanism. The impact depends on how the anti tear-off feature is used in specific applications such as public transportation, physical access control, etc.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Nxp Mifare Ultralight C - All All All
Operating System Nxp Mifare Ultralight C Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nxp Mifare Ultralight Ev1 - All All All
Operating System Nxp Mifare Ultralight Ev1 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nxp Mifare Ultralight Nano - All All All
Operating System Nxp Mifare Ultralight Nano Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nxp Ntag 210 - All All All
Operating System Nxp Ntag 210 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nxp Ntag 212 - All All All
Operating System Nxp Ntag 212 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nxp Ntag 213 - All All All
Operating System Nxp Ntag 213 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nxp Ntag 215 - All All All
Operating System Nxp Ntag 215 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nxp Ntag 216 - All All All
Operating System Nxp Ntag 216 Firmware - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN11340.pdf MISC www.nxp.com
RFID: Monotonic Counter Anti-Tearing Defeated MISC blog.quarkslab.com
www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN13089.pdf MISC www.nxp.com
SSTIC2021 » Présentation » EEPROM: It Will All End in Tears - Christian Herrmann, Philippe Teuwen MISC www.sstic.org
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