U-Boot through 2026.10-rc5 Out-of-Bounds Write in BMP RLE8 Decoder (CVE-2026-71972) | HOL Guard CVE

Medium · CVSS 6.0CVE-2026-71972

U-Boot through 2026.10-rc5 Out-of-Bounds Write in BMP RLE8 Decoder

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-71972 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability in U-Boot through 2026.10-rc5 Out-of-Bounds Write in BMP RLE8 Decoder. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps u-boot/u-boot (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 29, 2026Updated Sep 29, 2026Source checked Sep 29, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 29, 2026Material review Sep 29, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 6.0
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.0. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps u-boot/u-boot (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
u-boot/u-bootgeneric	>=0 <=2026.10-rc5	Not reported

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for u-boot/u-boot.
Review the reported fix. Monitor this advisory for an available fix and review any installs of the affected package.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 29, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

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 framebuffer and crash the bootloader.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.