vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2024-42040: u-boot -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C) | Aug 23, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 23, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initial commit in 2002 (3861aa5) up to today on any platform allows an attacker on the local network to leak memory from four up to 32 bytes of memory stored behind the packet to the network depending on the later use of DHCP-provided parameters via crafted DHCP responses.
Solution
no-fix-debian-deb-package
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