CVE-2024-57259

HIGHNVD 7.17.1—Trending — 5 sources updated this week

7.1

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.

CVSS v3: 7.1
EG Score: 7.1(medium)
EPSS: 20.8%
KEV: Not listed

Published

February 18, 2025

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (3)

cve@mitrehttps://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/048d795bb5b3d9c5701b4855f5e74bcf6849bf5e
cve@mitrehttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00001.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-57259(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

CVE-2024-57259
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)High
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.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	u-boot-tools (2025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) @ noble	2026-05-30	ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-193Off-by-one Error

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

UbuntuUSN-8056-1MEDIUM
U-Boot vulnerabilities

Data Freshness Timeline

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2026-05-30 11:33 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 11:33 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-30 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-30 07:29 UTCOSV refresh
2026-05-29 13:43 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-57259?

CVE-2024-57259 is a high vulnerability published on February 18, 2025. sqfssearchdir 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.

When was CVE-2024-57259 disclosed?

CVE-2024-57259 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 18, 2025, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2024-57259 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-57259 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 20.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-57259?

CVE-2024-57259 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2024-57259?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-57259, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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