CVE-2021-27208

MEDIUM

Xilinx Zynq-7000s Firmware - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

When booting a Zync-7000 SOC device from nand flash memory, the nand driver in the ROM does not validate the inputs when reading in any parameters in the nand’s parameter page. IF a field read in from the parameter page is too large, this causes a buffer overflow that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Physical access and modification of the board assembly on which the Zynq-7000 SoC device mounted is needed to replace the original NAND flash memory with a NAND flash emulation device for this attack to be successful.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Product, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/soc/zynq-7000.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/76201.html
Not Applicable x_refsource_misc
http://www.onfi.org/specifications

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.0%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (2)
xilinx/zynq-7000_firmware
xilinx/zynq-7000s_firmware
Published Mar 15, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026