7.8

CVE-2024-57850: jffs2: Prevent rtime decompress memory corruption

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57850DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57850
Published 11-01-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-57850 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 60 · Related 58
DLA-4075-1DLA-4076-1LSN-0113-1MGASA-2025-0030MGASA-2025-0032SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1

Timeline

  1. 11-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: Prevent rtime decompress memory corruption The rtime decompression routine does not fully check bounds during the entirety of the decompression pass and can corrupt memory outside the decompression buffer if the compressed data is corrupted. This adds the required check to prevent this failure mode.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu135 products
  • linux< 3.13.0-210.261 | < 4.4.0-269.303 | < 4.15.0-238.250 | < 5.4.0-211.231 | < 5.15.0-135.146 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1144.150 | < 4.4.0-1182.197 | < 4.15.0-1181.194 | < 5.4.0-1142.152 | < 5.15.0-1080.87 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 421f9e9f0fae9f8e721ffa07f22d9765fa1214d5 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < f6fc251baefc3cdc4f41f2f5a47940d7d4a67332 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < bd384b04ad1995441b18fe6c1366d02de8c5d5eb | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 47c9a7f81027a78afea9d2e9a54bfd8fabb6b3d0 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 6808a1812a3419542223e7fe9e2de577e99e45d1 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < dc39b08fcc3831b0bc46add91ba93cd2aab50716 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < fe051552f5078fa02d593847529a3884305a6ffe | 2.6.12
  • linux_kernel< 5.4.287 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.231 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.174 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.120 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.66 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.12.5-1

3 vendors · 138 products

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