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Six New U-Boot Flaws Could Let Malicious Images Crash Devices or Run Code at Boot

Six New U-Boot Flaws Could Let Malicious Images Crash Devices or Run Code at Boot

Researchers at firmware security firm Binarly have found six new flaws in U-Boot, the small program that starts up hardware as varied as home routers, smart cameras, and the management chips inside data-center servers. Four of the bugs can crash a device. The other two could let an attacker who slips a malicious image in front of the bootloader run their own code, before the device

Researchers at firmware security firm Binarly have found six new flaws in U-Boot, the small program that starts up hardware as varied as home routers, smart cameras, and the management chips inside data-center servers. Four of the bugs can crash a device. The other two could let an attacker who slips a malicious image in front of the bootloader run their own code, before the device

Read the original article at The Hacker News: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/six-new-u-boot-flaws-could-let.html

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