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CVE-2026-71973

MediumCVSS 5.2 / 10
Published Sep 29, 2026·Last modified Sep 30, 2026
Affected Components(498)
u-boot/u-boot
2011.12-rc3
u-boot/u-boot
2012.10-rc3
u-boot/u-boot
LABEL_2003_06_27_2340
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Description

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc4 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in sqfs_read_directory_table() function when allocating the directory table buffer. Attackers can supply a crafted SquashFS image with an attacker-controlled superblock metablks_count value that causes heap buffer under-allocation and out-of-bounds writes, corrupting heap memory and crashing the bootloader.

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Risk Scores
Base Score
5.2

The vulnerability requires physical access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
1.8

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.18%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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