{"id":"CVE-2026-71972","title":"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","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 f…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","cwe":["CWE-787"],"vendor":"u-boot","product":"u-boot","affected":["u-boot <= 2026.10-rc5"],"published":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-29T22:18:21.900","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71972","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/v2026.10-rc5/drivers/video/video_bmp.c#L126","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/5201e83342d64c2f438ea35158575f28225e752e","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-through-2026.10-rc5-out-of-bounds-write-in-bmp-rle8-decoder","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-29T21:49:08.269Z","slug":"CVE-2026-71972","body":"## Overview\n\nU-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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":32,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":32.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}