CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-39902
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-10-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-281
Description
A software vulnerability has been identified in the U-Boot Secondary Program Loader (SPL) before 2023.07 on select NXP i.MX 8M family processors. Under certain conditions, a crafted Flattened Image Tree (FIT) format structure can be used to overwrite SPL memory, allowing unauthenticated software to execute on the target, leading to privilege escalation. This affects i.MX 8M, i.MX 8M Mini, i.MX 8M Nano, and i.MX 8M Plus.
Affected configurations
• nxp uboot secondary program loader (< 2023.07)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions weakness
References
- https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Security/U-Boot-Secondary-Program-Loader-Authentication-Vulnerability-CVE/ta-p/1736196 Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://nxp.com Product
- https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Security/U-Boot-Secondary-Program-Loader-Authentication-Vulnerability-CVE/ta-p/1736196 Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://nxp.com Product