Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initial commit in 2002 (3861aa5) up to today on any platform allows an… (CVE-2024-42040)
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initial commit in 2002 (3861aa5) up to today on any platform allows an attacker on the local network to leak memory from four up to 32 bytes of memory stored behind the packet to the network depending on the later use of DHCP-provided parameters via crafted DHCP responses.
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initial commit in 2002 (3861aa5) up to today on any platform allows an… (CVE-2024-42040)
Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initial commit in 2002 (3861aa5) up to today on any platform allows an attacker on the local network to leak memory from four up to 32 bytes of memory stored behind the packet to the network depending on the later use of DHCP-provided parameters via crafted DHCP responses.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.1high
Affected software
pkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot?arch=source&distro=xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot?arch=source&distro=bionicpkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot?arch=source&distro=focalpkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot?arch=source&distro=jammypkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot-nezha?arch=source&distro=jammypkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot?arch=source&distro=noblepkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot-nezha?arch=source&distro=noblepkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot?arch=source&distro=questingpkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot?arch=source&distro=resoluteRun on your own infrastructure? Check whether these packages are installed with threat-finder — our free open-source scanner.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42040
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.0
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","Ubuntu:25.10","Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a8effeeacd9273b49087e46
Added to database: 08/26/2026, 15:02:06 UTC
Last updated: 08/30/2026, 22:52:02 UTC
Views: 6
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