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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.(CVE-2026-71973)\n\nU-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_read_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying crafted NFS READ reply lengths. A malicious NFS server can exploit signed integer handling to bypass length validation and write far past the destination buffer, crashing the bootloader or corrupting memory.(CVE-2026-74220)\n\nU-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c when processing NFS server responses. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-29T22:18:00Z","modified":"2026-10-21T23:02:20.997691579Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":5.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:57:03.035847Z"},{"id":"AZL-105723","title":"CVE-2026-71973 affecting package qemu 10.1.0-1","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-29T22:18:22Z","modified":"2026-10-15T05:37:09Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:01.09948Z"}]}}