CVE-2025-63384

medium

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in RISC-V Rocket-Chip v1.6 and before implementation where the SRET (Supervisor-mode Exception Return) instruction fails to correctly transition the processor's privilege level. Instead of downgrading from Machine-mode (M-mode) to Supervisor-mode (S-mode) as specified by the sstatus.SPP bit, the processor incorrectly remains in M-mode, leading to a critical privilege retention vulnerability.

References

https://github.com/chipsalliance/rocket-chip.git

https://github.com/107040503/RISC-V-Vulnerability-Disclosure_SRET

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-11-10

Updated: 2026-02-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018