Medium
u-boot — security advisory
U-Boot contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Verified boot signature validation that can result in Bypass verified boot. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted FIT image and special device memory functionality.
- Products
- u-boot
- Affected versions
- 2015.04+dfsg1-2ubuntu1, 2015.10+dfsg1-2, 2015.10+dfsg1-3, 2015.10+dfsg1-4, 2016.01+dfsg1-1, 2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu1, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu2, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu3, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm1, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000205
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
U-Boot contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Verified boot signature validation that can result in Bypass verified boot. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted FIT image and special device memory functionality.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000205
u-boot
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"binary_name": "u-boot-exynos",
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{
"binary_name": "u-boot-imx",
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},
{
"binary_name": "u-boot-omap",
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},
{
"binary_name": "u-boot-rockchip",
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},
{
"binary_name": "u-boot-rpi",
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},
{
"binary_name": "u-boot-sunxi",
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},
{
"binary_name": "u-boot-tegra",
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{
"binary_name": "u-boot-tools",
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"modified": "2026-10-17T12:53:44.664169019Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"references": [
"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000205",
"https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2018-June/330454.html",
"https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2018-June/330898.html",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2018-06-26T16:29:00+00:00"
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