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Applicable Platforms
Language : Not Language-Specific (Prevalence = Undetermined)
Operating_System : Not OS-Specific (Prevalence = Undetermined)
Architecture : Not Architecture-Specific (Prevalence = Undetermined)
Technology : Sensor Hardware (Prevalence = Undetermined)
Common Consequences
Scope Impact Likelihood
Availability Quality Degradation
DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)
Sensor value manipulation, particularly thermal or power,
may allow physical damage to occur or disabling of the
device by a false fault shutdown causing a Denial-Of-
Service.
High
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Architecture and Design
Access controls for sensor blocks should ensure that only trusted software is allowed to change
threshold limits and sensor parametric data.
Effectiveness = High
Demonstrative Examples
Example 1:
Malicious software executes instructions to increase power consumption to the highest possible
level while causing the clock frequency to increase to its maximum value. Such a program
CWE Version 4.14
CWE-1314: Missing Write Protection for Parametric Data Values
CWE-1314: Missing Write Protection for Parametric Data Values