Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-57258
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity integer overflow in U-Boot from denx. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Integer overflows in memory allocation in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occur for a crafted squashfs filesystem via sbrk, via request2size, or because ptrdiff_t is mishandled on x86_64.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | u-boot | 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57258 |
| Debian:13 | u-boot | 2025.01-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57258 |
| Debian:14 | u-boot | 2025.01-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57258 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | u-boot | 2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.7 | USN-8056-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | u-boot | 2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.7 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57258 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | u-boot | 2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57258 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | u-boot | 2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 | USN-8056-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | u-boot-nezha | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57258 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | u-boot-nezha | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57258 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-190 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/0a10b49206a29b4aa2f80233a3e53ca0466bb0b3
- https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/8642b2178d2c4002c99a0b69a845a48f2ae2706f
- https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/c17b2a05dd50a3ba437e6373093a0d6a359cdee0
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html