BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-12-10

Last updated on: 2025-12-10

Assigner: MITRE

Description

Improper access control for volatile memory containing boot code in Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot) before 2017.11 and Qualcomm chips IPQ4019, IPQ5018, IPQ5322, IPQ6018, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, and IPQ9574 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-12-10

Last Modified

2025-12-10

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-12-11

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-24857

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
uboot	universal_boot_loader	*

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Exploitability

CWE

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability involves improper access control for volatile memory that contains boot code in Universal Boot Loader (U-Boot) versions before 2017.11 and certain Qualcomm chips. This flaw could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by exploiting access to this memory.

Impact Analysis

An attacker exploiting this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on affected devices, potentially leading to full system compromise, data loss, or disruption of services.

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