CVE-2024-57255

MEDIUM EPSS 27.8%
Published Feb 18, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.8 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 18, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

An integer overflow in sqfs_resolve_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.8
Exploitability
0.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Physical
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
27.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound Numeric Error

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
denxu-boot* ≤2024.10

References 3

  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00001.html
  • source.denx.de https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/233945eba63e24061dffeeaeb7cd6fe985278356
    Patch
  • openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2
    Mailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory

Remediation

  • source.denx.de https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/233945eba63e24061dffeeaeb7cd6fe985278356
    Patch