Integer overflow in Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot) - CVE-2024-57258
Published: March 4, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105296
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-57258
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: DENX
Affected software:
Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot)
Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow. A local user can use a specially crafted squashfs filesystem to trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-57258
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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