CWE-1203: Hardware Security Concerns with Peripheral Devices and Interfaces
This weakness category involves hardware security concerns related to peripheral devices, interfaces, on-chip interconnects, and buses.
Summary
This category encompasses weaknesses that pertain to hardware security concerns associated with peripheral devices, IO interfaces, on-chip interconnects, network-on-chip (NoC), and buses. To illustrate, this category encompasses issues regarding the design of hardware interconnects and/or protocols like PCIe, USB, SMBUS, general-purpose IO pins, as well as user-input peripherals such as mice and keyboards.