PT-2014-3989 · Google · Little Kernel (Lk) Bootloader

Published 2014-08-25 · Updated 2016-07-13 · CVE-2014-0974

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Little Kernel (LK) bootloader (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the boot linux from mmc function in the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader, which does not properly validate a certain address value. This allows attackers to write data to a controllable memory location by initiating an attempted boot of an arbitrary image.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-0974

Affected Products

Little Kernel (Lk) Bootloader

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0974 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/lk-insufficient-verification-tagaddr-when-loading-device-tree-cve-2014-0974 · Patch
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Note