DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71972

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-71972
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71972.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71972
Upstream
Published
2026-09-29T22:18:21Z
Modified
2026-10-01T09:00:53Z
Severity
  • 6.0 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / u-boot

Package

Name
u-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/u-boot?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2023.*
2023.01+dfsg-2
2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u1
2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2
2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u3
2023.04~rc2+dfsg-1
2023.04~rc5+dfsg-1
2023.04+dfsg-1
2023.07~rc4+dfsg-1
2023.07~rc5+dfsg-1
2023.07+dfsg-1
2024.*
2024.01~rc6+dfsg-1
2024.01~rc6+dfsg-2
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
2025.*
2025.01-1
2025.01-2
2025.01-3
2025.01-3.1
2025.01-3.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71972.json"

Debian:13 / u-boot

Package

Name
u-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/u-boot?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2025.*
2025.01-3
2025.01-3+deb13u1
2025.01-3.1
2025.01-3.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71972.json"

Debian:14 / u-boot

Package

Name
u-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/u-boot?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2025.*
2025.01-3
2025.01-3.1
2025.01-3.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71972.json"