CVE-2024-42040

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 23, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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