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CVE-2021-27097

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The boot loader in Das U-Boot before 2021.04-rc2 mishandles a modified FIT.

Affected products

• u-boot: through 2021.01; 2021.04-rc1

References

• https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/6f3c2d8aa5e6cbd80b5e869bbbddecb66c329d01
• https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/8a7d4cf9820ea16fabd25a6379351b4dc291204b
• https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/b6f4c757959f8850e1299a77c8e5713da78e8ec0
• https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/6f3c2d8aa5e6cbd80b5e869bbbddecb66c329d01
• https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/8a7d4cf9820ea16fabd25a6379351b4dc291204b
• https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/b6f4c757959f8850e1299a77c8e5713da78e8ec0
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00037.html

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