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CVE-2024-57255: 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...

7.1 CVSS

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-57255

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: denx

Product: U-Boot

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.07% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-19 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/233945eba63e24061dffeeaeb7cd6fe985278356
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2

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