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01 Record

CVE-2021-27138

The boot loader in Das U-Boot before 2021.04-rc2 mishandles use of unit addresses in a FIT.

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R

02 Description

The boot loader in Das U-Boot before 2021.04-rc2 mishandles use of unit addresses in a FIT.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 65.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-02-17 22:36Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2025-11-03 18:07Z12 MO AGO
Reserved
2021-02-10
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.2
Document digest
facfb651e04412b76966450fccb86afb6374e6e14fa38e1fcee3f84eb4a1e1e3

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
denxu-bootNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • u-boot
    Fixed in 2021.07+dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • u-boot
    Fixed in 2021.07+dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • u-boot
    Fixed in 2021.07+dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • u-boot
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

  • u-boot
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

  • u-boot
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.