CVE-2026-71973
U-Boot before 2026.10-rc4 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in sqfs_read_directory_table() function when allocating the directory table buffer.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
U-Boot before 2026.10-rc4 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in sqfs_read_directory_table() function when allocating the directory table buffer. Attackers can supply a crafted SquashFS image with an attacker-controlled superblock metablks_count value that causes heap buffer under-allocation and out-of-bounds writes, corrupting heap memory and crashing the bootloader.
- CVSS 4.0
- 5.2 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 8th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS moved from 0.2% on 30 September 2026 to 0.2% on 26 October 2026.
References
- https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot
- https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/v2026.07/fs/squashfs/sqfs.c#L814
- https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/561ae28cb56a082cfa90c1c421c4955bc215470b
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-before-2026.10-rc4-integer-overflow-in-squashfs-directory-table-allocation
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.