← All advisories

High severity7.8OSV Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-18440

CVE-2018-18440

Description

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

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

4

U Boot/U BootOSV
Range: LABEL_2002_11_05_0120, LABEL_2002_11_05_1735, LABEL_2002_11_10_2310, …
Denx/U Boot3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2018.07
- cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:2018.09:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2018.09-rc1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

2

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/2nvdExploitMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-618620.pdfnvd

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.