CVE-2024-42040

u-boot: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initial commit in 2002 (3861aa5) up to toda...

CVE-2024-42040 is fixed in u-boot on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42040, released August 23, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.1
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0060
48th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
u-boot · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42040 Aug 23, 2024
u-boot · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2025.01-3+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42040 Aug 23, 2024
u-boot · Debian 14 2025.01-3.2 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42040 Aug 23, 2024

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