FKIE_CVE-2014-0973

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-08-25 01:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:03
Severity
Summary
The image_verify function in platform/msm_shared/image_verify.c in the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not check whether a certain digest size is consistent with the RSA_public_decrypt API specification, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass boot-image authentication requirements via trailing data.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/incomplete-signature-parsing-during-boot-image-authentication-leads-to-signature-forgery-cve-2014-0973Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/incomplete-signature-parsing-during-boot-image-authentication-leads-to-signature-forgery-cve-2014-0973Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
little_kernel_project little_kernel_bootloader -
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