Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2024-57255 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package u-boot. The fix is available in version 2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.2; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Weakness class
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57255 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.
Affected software
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57255 is recorded against 2 packages.
- u-boot (fixed in 2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.2)
- u-boot-nezha
Timeline and source
Published on 18 February 2025 and last revised on 23 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
www.openwall.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
Other advisories for this package
u-boot has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound) in other software:
