CVE-2018-18439 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a remotely exploitable buffer overflow via a malicious TFTP server because TFTP traffic is mishandled. Also, local exploitation can occur via a crafted kernel image.

Published: 2018-11-20

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:2018.09:rc1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-10167	DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a remotely exploitable buffer overflow via a malicious TFTP server because TFTP traffic is mishandled. Also, local exploitation can occur via a crafted kernel image.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00381.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Denx U-boot

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-11-20T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:08:21.931Z

Reserved: 2018-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18439

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-20T19:29:00.620

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:55:56.347

Link: CVE-2018-18439

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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