CVE-2024-57261 Integer overflow in barebox
High 7.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-57261 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-57261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pengutronix barebox, published on 19 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Pengutronix barebox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57261/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57261/index.md)
An integer overflow in barebox's memory allocator allows attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-57261?
CVE-2024-57261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pengutronix barebox, published on 19 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In barebox before 2025.01.0, request2size in common/dlmalloc.c has an integer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2024-57258.
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57261?
How do I fix CVE-2024-57261?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-57261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-57261 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r76w-fc3x-9r5g.