# CVE-2025-55095: The function \_ux\_host\_class\_storage\_media\_mount() is responsible for mounting partitions on a USB mass storage device.

- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-27 · Updated: 2026-01-27

## Affected

- Eclipse Foundation Eclipse ThreadX - USBX: through 6.4.2

## Description

The function _ux_host_class_storage_media_mount() is responsible for mounting partitions on a USB mass storage device. When it encounters an extended partition entry in the partition table, it recursively calls itself to mount the next logical partition. This recursion occurs in _ux_host_class_storage_partition_read(), which parses up to four partition entries. If an extended partition is found (with type UX_HOST_CLASS_STORAGE_PARTITION_EXTENDED or EXTENDED_LBA_MAPPED), the code invokes: _ux_host_class_storage_media_mount(storage, sector + _ux_utility_long_get(...)); There is no limit on the recursion depth or tracking of visited sectors. As a result, a malicious or malformed disk image can include cyclic or excessively deep chains of extended partitions, causing the function to recurse until stack overflow occurs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Eclipse Foundation Eclipse ThreadX - USBX, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/usbx/security/advisories/GHSA-qfmp-wch9-rpv2

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