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CVE-2024-42040

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.

Score
8.1 high
Published
2024-08-23
Links
NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data

Matched ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
sysutils/u-boot-toolsu-boot-tools2025.10unaddresseduboot@FreeBSD.org

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>u-boot-tools</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2024-42040</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42040</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2024-08-23</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-26</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>