Resource management error in Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot) - CVE-2019-13103
Published: August 7, 2019 / Updated: December 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19974
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13103
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: DENX
Affected software:
Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot)
Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or overwrite arbitrary data on a targeted system.
The vulnerability exists due to an infinite recursion condition that can occur in DOS partitions while parsing a self-referential filesystem or a filesystem with many extended partitions. A remote attacker can crash the target system, cause a denial of service condition or potentially overwrite arbitrary data on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13103
Install update from vendor's website.