Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Physical
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CVE-2021-44850

Disclosure Date: February 10, 2022
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Description

On Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC devices, physical modification of an SD boot image allows for a buffer overflow attack in the ROM. Because the Zynq-7000’s boot image header is unencrypted and unauthenticated before use, an attacker can modify the boot header stored on an SD card so that a secure image appears to be unencrypted, and they will be able to modify the full range of register initialization values. Normally, these registers will be restricted when booting securely. Of importance to this attack are two registers that control the SD card’s transfer type and transfer size. These registers could be modified a way that causes a buffer overflow in the ROM.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.8 Medium
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
0.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Physical
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • amd

Products

  • xilinx z-7007s firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7010 firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7012s firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7014s firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7015 firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7020 firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7030 firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7035 firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7045 firmware -,
  • xilinx z-7100 firmware -

Additional Info

Technical Analysis