CVE-2023-4818 (GCVE-0-2023-4818)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-15 13:28
Modified
2025-06-17 13:36
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CWE
- CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Summary
PAX A920 device allows to downgrade bootloader due to a bug in its version check. The signature is correctly checked and only bootloader signed by PAX can be used.
The attacker must have physical USB access to the device in order to exploit this vulnerability.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| PAX Technology | A920 |
Version: 0 < A920_AP_Boot_Release_V5.14 |
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