CVE-2024-57258
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Description
A flaw was found in Das U-Boot. This vulnerability allows denial of service or arbitrary code execution via a crafted squashfs filesystem, exploiting sbrk, request2size, or mishandling of ptrdiff_t on x86_64.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has determined that this vulnerability does not affect any currently supported Red Hat product. This assessment may evolve based on further analysis and discovery. For more information about this vulnerability and the products it affects, please see the linked references.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Additional information
- Bugzilla 2346425: u-boot: Integer Overflow in Memory Allocation in Das U-Boot
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
External references
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Red Hat | NVD | |
|---|---|---|
CVSS v3 Base Score | 7.1 | N/A |
Attack Vector | Physical | N/A |
Attack Complexity | High | N/A |
Privileges Required | None | N/A |
User Interaction | None | N/A |
Scope | Changed | N/A |
Confidentiality Impact | High | N/A |
Integrity Impact | High | N/A |
Availability Impact | High | N/A |
CVSS v3 Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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