CVE-2024-57262 HIGH

CVE-2024-57262

Vendor Pengutronix
Product barebox
Weakness CWE-190
Published February 19, 2025
Last update February 19, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 19, 2025 CVE published
February 19, 2025 Record updated