HIGH 7.1 Microsoft
CVE-2024-57256
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Feb: 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.
Affected Products
- cbl2 qemu 6.2.0-24 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- azl3 qemu 8.2.0-16 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-57256
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57256
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 was published on 2025-02-11 via Microsoft. Affected: cbl2 qemu 6.2.0-24 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 qemu 8.2.0-16 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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