app/aboot/aboot.c in the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM…

published 2014-08-31 12y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-2540

cvss: 6.6; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits: 0; none known

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to overwrite signature-verification code via crafted boot-image load-destination header values that specify memory locations within bootloader memory.

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Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

codeaurora.org /projects/security-advisories/loading-image-data-memory-locations-based-untrusted-header-data-lk-bootloader-cv
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-2598
NVD CVE-2013-2598

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