High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2024· Updated Apr 3, 2026
CVE-2024-42040
CVE-2024-42040
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.
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3- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/38nvdMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
- www.schutzwerk.com/advisories/SCHUTZWERK-SA-2024-004.txtnvdMitigationThird Party Advisory
- github.com/u-boot/u-boot/tagsnvdRelease Notes
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