What is CVE-2024-57262?

CVE-2024-57262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pengutronix Barebox, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-57262?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Pengutronix Barebox

CVE-2024-57262

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 overwri…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (6.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pengutronix Barebox — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/
git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57262?: CVE-2024-57262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pengutronix Barebox, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-57262?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.