CVE-2019-14196
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8
Description
An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. There is an unbounded memcpy with a failed length check at nfs_lookup_reply.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14196
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14196.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2020.01+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2020.01+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2020.01+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2020.01+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| denx | u-boot | {"endIncluding":"2019.07"} | |
References
- https://blog.semmle.com/uboot-rce-nfs-vulnerability/
- https://gitlab.com/u-boot/u-boot
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14196.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14196
CWEs
CWE-787
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.