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TI-2024-37852 Aliases CVE-2024-57262GHSA-5v3r-5x6q-8vmg

Integer overflow in barebox

Priority LOW 33CWE-190Published · 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-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In barebox before 2025.01.0, ext4fs_read_symlink has an integer overflow for zalloc (adding one to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite, a related issue to CVE-2024-57256.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00285 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed barebox (Pengutronix): 2025.01.0

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
bareboxbareboxbefore 2025.01.02025.01.0Patch availableCNA
  • barebox Vendorbarebox Affected before 2025.01.0 Fixed in 2025.01.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA barebox (Pengutronix) Fixed in 2025.01.0

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    Pengutronix barebox 2025.01.0

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-57262
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5v3r-5x6q-8vmg

References

Other 2

  • TI-2019-11982 Pengutronix barebox through 2019.08.1 has a remote buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_req in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-11981 Pengutronix barebox through 2019.08.1 has a remote buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-10888 Pengutronix Barebox through v2020.05.0 has an out-of-bounds read in nfs_read_reply in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-27185 barebox EFI PE Loader Memory Safety Vulnerabilities CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-25661 barebox: FIT Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2021-15656 common/password.c in Pengutronix barebox through 2021.07.0 leaks timing information… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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