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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18440
DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a locally exploitable buffer overflow via a crafted kernel image because filesystem loading is mishandled.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a locally exploitable buffer overflow via a crafted kernel image because filesystem loading is mishandled.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
u-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
u-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
u-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org