CVE-2014-0973

Little Kernel Bootloader - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

The image_verify function in platform/msm_shared/image_verify.c in the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not check whether a certain digest size is consistent with the RSA_public_decrypt API specification, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass boot-image authentication requirements via trailing data.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

[Patch] https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/incomplete-signature-parsing-during-boot-image-authentication-leads-to-signature-forgery-cve-2014-0973

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.1%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

little_kernel_project/little_kernel_bootloader

Timeline

Published Aug 25, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026