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u-boot — security advisory
DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a locally exploitable buffer overflow via a crafted kernel image because filesystem loading is mishandled.
- Products
- u-boot
- Affected versions
- 2023.01+dfsg-2, 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u1, 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2, 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u3, 2023.04+dfsg-1, 2023.04~rc2+dfsg-1, 2023.04~rc5+dfsg-1, 2023.07+dfsg-1, 2023.07~rc4+dfsg-1, 2023.07~rc5+dfsg-1, 2024.01+dfsg-1, 2024.01+dfsg-2, 2024.01+dfsg-3, 2024.01+dfsg-4, 2024.01+dfsg-5, 2024.01+dfsg-6, 2024.01+dfsg-7, 2024.01~rc6+dfsg-1, 2024.01~rc6+dfsg-2, 2025.01-1, 2025.01-2, 2025.01-3, 2025.01-3+deb13u1, 2025.01-3.1, 2025.01-3.2, 2026.10~rc5-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-18440
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a locally exploitable buffer overflow via a crafted kernel image because filesystem loading is mishandled.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18440
u-boot
Fixed versions: Not specified
u-boot
Fixed versions: Not specified
u-boot
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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