CVE-2023-39902
HIGHNXP U-Boot Secondary Program Loader < 2023.07 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Crafted FIT Structure
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Security/U-Boot-Secondary-Program-Loader-Authentication-Vulnerability-CVE/ta-p/1736196
Product
https://nxp.com
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
4.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-281
Status
published
Products (1)
nxp/uboot_secondary_program_loader
< 2023.07
Published
Oct 17, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026