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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.1 Medium

CVE-2026-40003

USB-based arbitrary memory write vulnerability in ZTE ZX297520V3 soc BootROM

Description

ZTE ZX297520V3 BootROM contains a vulnerability that allows arbitrary memory writes via USB. Attackers can exploit the lack of target address validation in the USB download mode to write data to any location in BootROM runtime memory, thereby overwriting the stack, hijacking the execution flow, bypassing the Secure Boot signature verification mechanism, and achieving unauthorized code execution.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

ZTE ZX297520V3 BootROM

Default version status: unaffected

  • 7520V3 chipaffected

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