CVE-2020-8432

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8432
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-29 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:26:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c do_rename_gpt_parts() function. Double freeing may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. NOTE: this vulnerablity was introduced when attempting to fix a memory leak identified by static analysis.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Denx U-boot All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Re: Double free vulnerability in do_rename_gpt_parts www.mail-archive.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1869-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Re: Double free vulnerability in do_rename_gpt_parts MISC www.mail-archive.com Third Party Advisory
Double free vulnerability in do_rename_gpt_parts www.mail-archive.com
Double free vulnerability in do_rename_gpt_parts MISC www.mail-archive.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670813 EulerOS Security Update for uboot-tools (EulerOS-SA-2021-2701)
  • 670814 EulerOS Security Update for uboot-tools (EulerOS-SA-2021-2726)
  • 750595 OpenSUSE Security Update for u-boot (openSUSE-SU-2020:1930-1)
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