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CVE-2018-18440

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Date: November 20, 2018

DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a locally exploitable buffer overflow via a crafted kernel image because filesystem loading is mishandled.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (6)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/2

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18440

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18440

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18440

Url: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-618620.pdf

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-18440

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v2018.09-rc1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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