A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a

Summary

A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater degrees of physical access to exploit. NOTE: this was reported in 2008 to affect Windows Vista, but some Linux-based operating systems have protection mechanisms against this attack.

Timeline

1. Nov 16, 2004, 5:00 AM UTCCVE published
2. Aug 8, 2024, 12:38 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

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  Version range not reported

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