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

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.9)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Patch Tuesday

2026-Sep

Released

2026-10-03

EPSS Score

0.22% (percentile: 11.5%)

Affected Products (1)

Other

• 21780-17084

Revision History

• 2026-10-03: Information published.