CVE-2026-71972
MEDIUM
6,0
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: adjacent
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
MEDIUM
5,9
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: adjacent_network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
U-Boot through 2026.10-rc5 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the video_display_rle8_bitmap function in drivers/video/video_bmp.c. Attackers can supply a crafted RLE8-compressed BMP image to corrupt memory adjacent to the framebuffer 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/v2026.10-rc5/drivers/video/video_bmp.c#L1…
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/5201e83342d64c2f438ea35158575f28225e752e
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-through-2026.10-rc5-out-of-bounds-w…