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TI-2026-50266 Aliases CVE-2026-71972GHSA-9fh8-rw5q-p54v

U-Boot through 2026.10-rc5 Out-of-Bounds Write in BMP RLE8 Decoder

Priority LOW 26CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

U-Boot through 2026.10-rc5 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the video_display_rle8_bitmap function in drivers/video/video_bmp.c. Attackers can supply a crafted RLE8-compressed BMP image to corrupt memory adjacent to the framebuffer and crash the bootloader.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00221 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
u-bootu-bootup to 2026.10-rc5—No fix listedCNA
  • u-boot Vendoru-boot Affected up to 2026.10-rc5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——u-boot
  • cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·u-boot

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-71972
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9fh8-rw5q-p54v

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2022-02168 Unchecked Download size in Uboot CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2025-28794 A lack of signature verification in the bootloader of DENX Software Engineering Das… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2020-06770 In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-12898 nfs_lookup_reply in net/nfs.c in Das U-Boot through 2022.04 (and through 2022.07-rc2) has… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-10569 An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-10568 An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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