CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-8432
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-415, CWE-787
Description
In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c do_rename_gpt_parts() function. Double freeing may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. NOTE: this vulnerablity was introduced when attempting to fix a memory leak identified by static analysis.
Affected configurations
• denx u-boot (<= 2020.01)
• opensuse leap 15.2
Related
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot%40lists.denx.de/msg354060.html www.mail-archive.com
- https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot%40lists.denx.de/msg354114.html www.mail-archive.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot%40lists.denx.de/msg354060.html www.mail-archive.com
- https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot%40lists.denx.de/msg354114.html www.mail-archive.com