CVE-2024-57257
A stack consumption issue in sqfs_size in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
2.0
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-57257- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-674
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-4761
2.0
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-4761- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8h8c-f86r-pf3c
2.0
A stack consumption issue in sqfs_size in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8h8c-f86r-pf3c- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-674
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
2.0
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-57257- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 2.4 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-674
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
2.0
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-57257- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-674
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2024-57257
2.4
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57257- CVSS 3.1
- 2.4 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2025-1210
7.1
uboot-tools security update
This package includes the mkimage program, which allows generation of U-Boot images in various formats, and the fw_printenv and fw_setenv programs to read and modify U-Boot's environment.
Security Fix(es):
An integer overflow in sqfs_inode_size in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs in the symlink size calculation via a crafted squashfs filesystem.(CVE-2024-57254)
An integer overflow in sqfs_resolve_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.(CVE-2024-57255)
An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs 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.(CVE-2024-57256)
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.(CVE-2024-57257)
Integer overflows in memory allocation in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occur for a crafted squashfs filesystem via sbrk, via request2size, or because ptrdiff_t is mishandled on x86_64.(CVE-2024-57258)
sqfs_search_dir in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 exhibits an off-by-one error and resultant heap memory corruption for squashfs directory listing because the path separator is not considered in a size calculation.(CVE-2024-57259)
- Record
OESA-2025-1210- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-1211
7.1
uboot-tools security update
This package includes the mkimage program, which allows generation of U-Boot images in various formats, and the fw_printenv and fw_setenv programs to read and modify U-Boot's environment.
Security Fix(es):
An integer overflow in sqfs_inode_size in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs in the symlink size calculation via a crafted squashfs filesystem.(CVE-2024-57254)
An integer overflow in sqfs_resolve_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.(CVE-2024-57255)
An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs 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.(CVE-2024-57256)
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.(CVE-2024-57257)
Integer overflows in memory allocation in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occur for a crafted squashfs filesystem via sbrk, via request2size, or because ptrdiff_t is mishandled on x86_64.(CVE-2024-57258)
sqfs_search_dir in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 exhibits an off-by-one error and resultant heap memory corruption for squashfs directory listing because the path separator is not considered in a size calculation.(CVE-2024-57259)
- Record
OESA-2025-1211- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-1212
7.1
uboot-tools security update
This package includes the mkimage program, which allows generation of U-Boot images in various formats, and the fw_printenv and fw_setenv programs to read and modify U-Boot's environment.
Security Fix(es):
An integer overflow in sqfs_inode_size in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs in the symlink size calculation via a crafted squashfs filesystem.(CVE-2024-57254)
An integer overflow in sqfs_resolve_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.(CVE-2024-57255)
An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs 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.(CVE-2024-57256)
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.(CVE-2024-57257)
Integer overflows in memory allocation in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occur for a crafted squashfs filesystem via sbrk, via request2size, or because ptrdiff_t is mishandled on x86_64.(CVE-2024-57258)
sqfs_search_dir in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 exhibits an off-by-one error and resultant heap memory corruption for squashfs directory listing because the path separator is not considered in a size calculation.(CVE-2024-57259)
- Record
OESA-2025-1212- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-1213
7.1
uboot-tools security update
This package includes the mkimage program, which allows generation of U-Boot images in various formats, and the fw_printenv and fw_setenv programs to read and modify U-Boot's environment.
Security Fix(es):
An integer overflow in sqfs_inode_size in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs in the symlink size calculation via a crafted squashfs filesystem.(CVE-2024-57254)
An integer overflow in sqfs_resolve_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.(CVE-2024-57255)
An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs 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.(CVE-2024-57256)
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.(CVE-2024-57257)
Integer overflows in memory allocation in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occur for a crafted squashfs filesystem via sbrk, via request2size, or because ptrdiff_t is mishandled on x86_64.(CVE-2024-57258)
sqfs_search_dir in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 exhibits an off-by-one error and resultant heap memory corruption for squashfs directory listing because the path separator is not considered in a size calculation.(CVE-2024-57259)
- Record
OESA-2025-1213- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57257
2.0
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57257- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 2.4 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-8056-1 No score
u-boot vulnerabilities
Simon Diepold discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain DHCP responses. An attacker on the local network could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive memory contents. (CVE-2024-42040)
It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled symlink size calculations in squashfs file systems. An attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted squashfs file system to cause U-Boot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-57254)
It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled inode size calculations in squashfs file systems. An attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted squashfs file system to cause U-Boot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-57255)
It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled inode size calculations in EXT4 file systems. An attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted EXT4 file system to cause U-Boot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-57256)
It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled deep symlink nesting in squashfs file systems. An attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted squashfs file system to cause U-Boot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-57257)
It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled memory allocation in squashfs file systems. An attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted squashfs file system to cause U-Boot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-57258)
- Record
USN-8056-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
u-bootDebian:12 |
before 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2, plus listed versions 2023.01+dfsg-22023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u1 |
2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2 |
u-bootDebian:13 |
before 2025.01-1 | 2025.01-1 |
u-bootDebian:14 |
before 2025.01-1 | 2025.01-1 |
u-bootDebian:11 |
before 2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u1, plus listed versions 2021.01+dfsg-5 |
2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u1 |
uboot-toolsopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3 |
before 2021.10-9.oe2203sp3 | 2021.10-9.oe2203sp3 |
uboot-toolsopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4 |
before 2021.10-9.oe2203sp4 | 2021.10-9.oe2203sp4 |
uboot-toolsopenEuler:24.03-LTS |
before 2024.01-2.oe2403 | 2024.01-2.oe2403 |
uboot-toolsopenEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1 |
before 2024.01-2.oe2403sp1 | 2024.01-2.oe2403sp1 |
u-bootUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2015.04+dfsg1-2ubuntu12015.10+dfsg1-22015.10+dfsg1-32015.10+dfsg1-42016.01+dfsg1-1 Show 7 moreShow less2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu22016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu32016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu52016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm2 |
None known |
u-bootUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2016.03+dfsg1-6ubuntu22018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1~18.04.12018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu2~18.04.12018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu3~18.04.12019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu4~18.04.1 Show 4 moreShow less2020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.22020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.32020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.3+esm12020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.3+esm2 |
None known |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
u-bootUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu32019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu52019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu62020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~20.04.22021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.1 Show 6 moreShow less2021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.32021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.42021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.52021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.62021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.6+esm12021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.6+esm2 |
None known |
u-bootUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
before 2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.7, plus listed versions 2021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu82021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu92021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu102022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu12022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2 Show 5 moreShow less2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.12022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.32022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.42022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.52022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.6 |
2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.7 |
u-boot-nezhaUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2021.09+git20211008.62392d3-0ubuntu12022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.12022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.22022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.32022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.4 |
None known |
u-bootUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
before 2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.2, plus listed versions 2023.07+dfsg-1ubuntu22024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu12024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu22024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu32024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu4 Show 6 moreShow less2024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu52024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu5.12024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu5.22025.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.12025.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.22025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 |
2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 |
u-boot-nezhaUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2022.10-1089-g528ae9bc6c-0ubuntu22024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu12024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu22024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu2.24.04.2 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-57257 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.0) in Denx U-boot, published February 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. Fixed in u-boot 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2.
References
source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/4f5cc096bfd0a591f8a11e86999e3d90a9484c34
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00001.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57257
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8h8c-f86r-pf3c
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/57xxx/CVE-2024-57257.json
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57257
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1210
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57254
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57255
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57256
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57258
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57259
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1211
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1212
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1213
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57257
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57257
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8056-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57254
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57255
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57256
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57258
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57259