What is CVE-2025-24857?

CVE-2025-24857 is a high-severity vulnerability in Denx U-boot, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2025-12-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-24857?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Denx U-boot

CVE-2025-24857

Improper access control for volatile memory containing boot code in Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot) before 2017.11 and Qualcomm chips IPQ4019, IPQ5018, IPQ5322, IPQ6018, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, and IPQ9574 could allow an attacker to execute arbit…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Denx U-boot
Qualcomm Ipq4019
Qualcomm Ipq5018
Qualcomm Ipq5322
Qualcomm Ipq6018
Qualcomm Ipq8064
Qualcomm Ipq8074
Qualcomm Ipq9574
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-24857?: CVE-2025-24857 is a high-severity vulnerability in Denx U-boot, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2025-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-24857?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.