CVE-2019-14195 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. There is an unbounded memcpy with unvalidated length at nfs_readlink_reply in the "else" block after calculating the new path length.

Published: 2019-07-31

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-5445	An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. There is an unbounded memcpy with unvalidated length at nfs_readlink_reply in the "else" block after calculating the new path length.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00267.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.semmle.com/uboot-rce-nfs-vulnerability/
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html
https://gitlab.com/u-boot/u-boot

History

Tue, 12 May 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html

Subscriptions

Denx U-boot

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-07-31T12:23:58.000Z

Updated: 2026-05-12T10:12:03.050Z

Reserved: 2019-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-14195

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-31T13:15:13.400

Modified: 2026-05-12T10:16:34.737

Link: CVE-2019-14195

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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