CVE-2025-24857

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-12-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

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.

Affected products

u-boot: before 2017.11 — fixed in 2017.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: u-boot 2017.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-343-01

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