CVE-2024-57259 Memory corruption in U-Boot
An off-by-one error in U-Boot's squashfs directory listing allows heap memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-57259?
CVE-2024-57259 is a high-severity memory corruption 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
sqfs_search_dir in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 exhibits an off-by-one error and resultant heap memory corruption for squashfs directory listing because the path separator is not considered in a size calculation.
Weakness: CWE-193
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57259?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Denx U-Boot.
How do I fix CVE-2024-57259?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-57259 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57259 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in denx U-Boot
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57259, GHSA-c2cp-78ww-6jm8, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57259.