CVE-2018-18440 describes a locally exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in DENX U-Boot through version 2018.09-rc1, stemming from mishandling of filesystem loading during kernel image processing. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows an attacker with local access to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including an article from BleepingComputer.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2018.07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2018.09CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:2018.09:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.