Vulnerability in Denx U-Boot

CVE-2024-57257

A stack consumption issue in sqfs_size in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with deep symlink nesting.

EPSS: 0.003 (23.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.0 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Denx U-boot — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57257?: CVE-2024-57257 is a low-severity vulnerability in Denx U-Boot, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 2.0/10. Published 2025-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-57257?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-57257 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.