CVE-2017-3226 affects Das U-Boot, a device bootloader, specifically when configured to use AES-CBC for environment encryption. An attacker with physical access can manipulate encrypted environment data with a crafted two-byte sequence, causing an improper error handling condition that terminates the boot process. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires physical access and high attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2017.09CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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