CVE-2024-42040

Name
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/tags
https://www.schutzwerk.com/advisories/SCHUTZWERK-SA-2024-004.txt
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/38

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
n/a == n/a == n/a
cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* u-boot >= None <= 2025.10

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
u-boot edge-main 2025.10-r6 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.10-r5 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.10-r4 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.10-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.10-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.10-r1 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.10-r0 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.07-r5 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.07-r4 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.07-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.07-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.07-r1 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.07-r0 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.04-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.04-r1 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.04-r0 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.01-r0 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2024.10-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2024.10-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2021.04-r4 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2021.04-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2021.04-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2021.04-r0 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.23-main 2025.10-r5 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.23-main 2025.10-r4 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.22-main 2025.04-r7 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.22-main 2025.04-r6 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.22-main 2025.04-r5 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.22-main 2025.04-r4 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.22-main 2025.04-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.22-main 2025.04-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.22-main 2025.04-r1 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.22-main 2021.04-r0 None possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.21-main 2024.10-r8 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.21-main 2024.10-r7 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.21-main 2024.10-r6 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.21-main 2024.10-r5 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.21-main 2024.10-r4 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.21-main 2024.10-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.21-main 2024.10-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.21-main 2021.04-r0 None possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.20-main 2024.04-r7 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.20-main 2024.04-r6 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.20-main 2024.04-r5 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.20-main 2024.04-r4 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.20-main 2024.04-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.20-main 2024.04-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.20-main 2024.04-r1 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.20-main 2021.04-r0 None possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.19-main 2023.10-r9 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.19-main 2023.10-r8 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.19-main 2023.10-r7 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.19-main 2023.10-r6 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.19-main 2023.10-r5 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.19-main 2023.10-r4 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.19-main 2023.10-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot 3.19-main 2021.04-r0 None possibly vulnerable