DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71973

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-71973
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71973.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71973
Upstream
Published
2026-09-29T22:18:22Z
Modified
2026-10-01T08:47:33Z
Severity
  • 5.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc4 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in sqfs_read_directory_table() function when allocating the directory table buffer. Attackers can supply a crafted SquashFS image with an attacker-controlled superblock metablks_count value that causes heap buffer under-allocation and out-of-bounds writes, corrupting heap memory and crashing 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-2026-71973.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-2026-71973.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-2026-71973.json"