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title: "CVE-2024-57258\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2024-57258

Publication date 18 February 2025

Last updated 23 February 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.1 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57258?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57258?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| u-boot | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.7 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Needs evaluation |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |
| u-boot-nezha | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Needs evaluation |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57258?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This issue is fixed in 2025.10 in noble-updates but is not yet
in the security pocket.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| u-boot | * Upstream:   [c17b2a0](https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/c17b2a05dd50a3ba437e6373093a0d6a359cdee0) * Upstream:   [8642b21](https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/8642b2178d2c4002c99a0b69a845a48f2ae2706f) * Upstream:   [0a10b49](https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/0a10b49206a29b4aa2f80233a3e53ca0466bb0b3) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.1 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Physical |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.1 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-57258)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57258)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-57258)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57258)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-8056-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-8056-1)
+ U-Boot vulnerabilities
+ 23 February 2026

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57258>
* <https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2>