High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Oct 17, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-39902
CVE-2023-39902
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.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:o:nxp:uboot_secondary_program_loader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <2023.07
- NXP/U-Boot Secondary Program Loaderdescription
- Range: <2023.07
- Range: <2023.07
Patches
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References
2- community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Security/U-Boot-Secondary-Program-Loader-Authentication-Vulnerability-CVE/ta-p/1736196nvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- nxp.comnvdProduct
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