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CWE-1276 – Hardware Child Block Incorrectly Connected to Parent System

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Description

Signals between a hardware IP and the parent system design are incorrectly connected causing security risks.

Modes of Introduction:

– Implementation

 

 

Related Weaknesses

CWE-284

 

Consequences

Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability: Varies by Context

 

Potential Mitigations

Phase: Testing

Description: 

System-level verification may be used to ensure that components are correctly connected and that design security requirements are not violated due to interactions between various IP blocks.

CVE References