Name: CVE-2026-71971: Out-of-bounds Write
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-71971, CWE-787, CVSS 8.2, EPSS 0.00375

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc3 with CONFIG_IP_DEFRAG enabled contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the __net_defragment() function in net/net.c. Remote attackers can send a crafted IP fragment with non-zero offset and More-Fragments flag set during netboot to corrupt adjacent memory and crash the bootloader.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 8.8 (HIGH)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.2
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade u-boot-toolsUpgrade u-boot-imxUpgrade u-boot-qemu (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade u-boot-tools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade u-boot-qemuUpgrade u-boot-imx (Ubuntu Pro)	Oct 7, 2026	Oct 6, 2026

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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