CVE-2023-39902

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.0
Exploit probability—
ProductNxp Uboot Secondary Program Loader
PublishedOct 17, 2023
First seenOct 17, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • nxp uboot_secondary_program_loader2023.07 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nxp uboot_secondary_program_loaderv < 2023.072023.07

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