Das U-Boot versions 2016.09 through 2019.07-rc4 can memset() too much data while reading a crafted ext4 filesystem, which results in a stack buffer overflow and likely code execution.
https://gist.github.com/deephooloovoo/d91b81a1674b4750e662dfae93804d75
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00002.html
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-134-16
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html
https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2019-July/375516.html
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commits/master
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2019-08-06
Updated: 2026-06-17
Base Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.00845