CVE-2025-70290 Integer overflow in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

An integer overflow in U-Boot's ZFS support allows attackers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or crashes during boot.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-70290?

CVE-2025-70290 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Denx U-Boot before 2026.04. An integer overflow vulnerability in the ZFS filesystem support can be triggered by malformed on-disk metadata. The issue may result in incorrect memory allocation followed by out-of-bounds memory access, potentially leading to a crash or arbitrary code execution during the boot process.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-70290?

How do I fix CVE-2025-70290?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2025-70290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-70290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-70290, GHSA-j2xx-grh4-4p3q, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-70290.

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