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boot — security advisory
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.
- Products
- boot
- Affected versions
- 1.3-17-1, 1.3-20-1.1, 1.3-20-1build1, 1.3-23-2, 1.3-24-1, 1.3-24-2, 1.3-27-1, 1.3-28-2, 1.3-28.1-1, 1.3-29-1, 1.3-30-1, 1.3-31-1, 1.3-32-1, 1.3-9-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-24857
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-24857
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Complete source record
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