High
Security advisory
The boot loader in Das U-Boot before 2021.04-rc2 mishandles a modified FIT.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-27097
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The boot loader in Das U-Boot before 2021.04-rc2 mishandles a modified FIT.
osv:CVE-2021-27097
Complete source record
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