CVE-2024-42040 — Classic Buffer Overflow in U-boot
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 23
Latest updateFeb 23
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.2
Affected Packages5 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
3Microsoft▶
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 ↗2024-08-13
Debian▶
CVE-2024-42040: u-boot - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initia...↗2024