| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| u-boot (PTS) | jessie | 2014.10+dfsg1-5 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2016.11+dfsg1-4 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2019.01+dfsg-7 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2021.01+dfsg-5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2024.01+dfsg-5 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| u-boot | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| u-boot | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/02/2
No security impact as supported/packaged in Debian