VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-14202
There is a stack-based buffer overflow in this nfs_handler reply helper function: nfs_readlink_reply.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.66%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in this nfs_handler reply helper function: nfs_readlink_reply.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.66% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- denx/u-boot
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blog.semmle.com/uboot-rce-nfs-vulnerability/Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/u-boot/u-bootThird Party Advisory
- https://blog.semmle.com/uboot-rce-nfs-vulnerability/Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/u-boot/u-bootThird Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.