UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18440
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18440
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18440.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18440
- Upstream
- Published
- 2018-11-20T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-24T04:47:15Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - negligible
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a locally exploitable buffer overflow via a crafted kernel image because filesystem loading is mishandled.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / u-boot
Package
- Name
- u-boot
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot@2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
2015.*
2015.04+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
2015.10+dfsg1-2
2015.10+dfsg1-3
2015.10+dfsg1-4
2016.*
2016.01+dfsg1-1
2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu2
2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu3
2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5
Ecosystem specific
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot"
},
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot-exynos"
},
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot-imx"
},
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot-omap"
},
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot-rockchip"
},
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot-rpi"
},
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot-sunxi"
},
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot-tegra"
},
{
"binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5",
"binary_name": "u-boot-tools"
}
]
}