{"id":195,"date":"2018-04-24T12:05:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/?p=195"},"modified":"2018-04-24T12:47:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T19:47:54","slug":"unpatchable-nintendo-switch-exploit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/unpatchable-nintendo-switch-exploit\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpatchable Nintendo Switch Exploit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A newly published exploit for the Nintendo Switch console is unpatchable. \u00a0The exploit can&#8217;t be fixed via a downloadable patch because the exploit makes use of a vulnerability in the\u00a0USB recovery mode, circumventing the lock-out operations that would usually protect the bootROM.\u00a0The flawed bootROM can&#8217;t be modified once the chip leaves the factory. 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