Vulnerability · Published Feb 19, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-57262
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity integer overflow in barebox from Pengutronix. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In barebox before 2025.01.0, ext4fs_read_symlink has an integer overflow for zalloc (adding one to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite, a related issue to CVE-2024-57256.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pengutronix | barebox | 0 – before 2025.01.0 |
Weakness: CWE-190 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H