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CVE-2025-24857

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.6 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-12-10 21:16:03.730000
Last modified
2026-11-04 22:10:00.210000
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