CVE-2018-18440

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-18440
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-20 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-10 14:15:00 UTC
DescriptionDENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a locally exploitable buffer overflow via a crafted kernel image because filesystem loading is mishandled.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Denx U-boot 2018.09 rc1 All All
Application Denx U-boot 2018.09 rc1 All All
Application Denx U-boot All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-618620.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
oss-security - CVE-2018-18439, CVE-2018-18440 - U-Boot verified boot bypass vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671381 EulerOS Security Update for uboot-tools (EulerOS-SA-2022-1312)
  • 671382 EulerOS Security Update for uboot-tools (EulerOS-SA-2022-1296)
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