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TI-2024-37850 Aliases CVE-2024-57259GHSA-c2cp-78ww-6jm8

sqfs_search_dir in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 exhibits an off-by-one error and…

Priority LOW 33CWE-193Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Physical
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-193 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00367 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed U-Boot (denx): 2025.01-rc1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
u-bootU-Bootbefore 2025.01-rc12025.01-rc1Patch availableCNA
  • U-Boot Vendoru-boot Affected before 2025.01-rc1 Fixed in 2025.01-rc1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2024.10Vulnerableu-boot
  • cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2024.10 Vulnerable ·u-boot

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA U-Boot (denx) Fixed in 2025.01-rc1

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    denx U-Boot 2025.01-rc1

    6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW

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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-57259
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2cp-78ww-6jm8

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-02168 Unchecked Download size in Uboot CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2025-28794 A lack of signature verification in the bootloader of DENX Software Engineering Das… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2020-06770 In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-12898 nfs_lookup_reply in net/nfs.c in Das U-Boot through 2022.04 (and through 2022.07-rc2) has… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-10569 An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-10568 An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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