VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-57256

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-02-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • cve@mitre.org: CWE-190

Primary references