# CVE-2026-71972: U-Boot through 2026.10-rc5 Out-of-Bounds Write in BMP RLE8 Decoder

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-09-29 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- u-boot: through 2026.10-rc5

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on u-boot, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/5201e83342d64c2f438ea35158575f28225e752e
- https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/v2026.10-rc5/drivers/video/video_bmp.c#L126
- https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-through-2026.10-rc5-out-of-bounds-write-in-bmp-rle8-decoder

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