CVE-2026-71971
HIGH
8,8
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
HIGH
8,2
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
U-Boot before 2026.10-rc3 with CONFIG_IP_DEFRAG enabled contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the __net_defragment() function in net/net.c. Remote attackers can send a crafted IP fragment with non-zero offset and More-Fragments flag set during netboot to corrupt adjacent memory and crash the bootloader.
787
Out-of-bounds Write
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Availability
Other
Potential Impacts:
Modify Memory
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Unexpected State
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Memory-Unsafe, C, C++, Assembly
Technologies:
ICS/OT
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/v2026.07/net/net.c#L975
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/04ca915d5bf39dda5d1bce62d04d2b59d293c5b9
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-before-2026.10-rc3-out-of-bounds-wr…