CVE-2024-42040
Published: 23 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-42040 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Denx U-Boot. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 26.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-39870
Vulnerability details
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initial commit in 2002 (3861aa5) up to today on any platform allows an attacker on the local network to leak memory from four up to 32 bytes of memory…
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stored behind the packet to the network depending on the later use of DHCP-provided parameters via crafted DHCP responses.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.