Grub2: grub-core/gettext: integer overflow leads to heap oob write and read. (grub2)

CVE-2024-45776
MEDIUM 6.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.30 % · percentile 23 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Deferred

Description

When reading the language .mo file in grub_mofile_open(), grub2 fails to verify an integer overflow when allocating its internal buffer. A crafted .mo file may lead the buffer size calculation to overflow, leading to out-of-bound reads and writes. This flaw allows an attacker to leak sensitive data or overwrite critical data, possibly circumventing secure boot protections.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
grub2affected 0 ≤ 2.12
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10unaffected 1:2.12-15.el10_0 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 1:2.06-104.el9_6 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD