Out-of-bounds Write Affecting u-boot package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-UBOOT-557062
  • published1 Aug 2019
  • disclosed31 Jul 2019

Introduced: 31 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-14202  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 u-boot.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream u-boot package and not the u-boot package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in this nfs_handler reply helper function: nfs_readlink_reply.