CVE-2024-57255 Integer overflow in U-Boot

What is CVE-2024-57255?

CVE-2024-57255 is a high-severity vulnerability in denx U-Boot, published on 18 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57255?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Denx U-Boot.

How do I fix CVE-2024-57255?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-57255 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57255 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in denx U-Boot

• CVE-2022-34835 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-30767 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-8432 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-14192 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-14193 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57255, GHSA-5cmq-wrwp-9x26, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57255.