CVE-2020-25647Out-of-bounds Write in Grub2

Severity
7.6HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. During USB device initialization, descriptors are read with very little bounds checking and assumes the USB device is providing sane values. If properly exploited, an attacker could trigger memory corruption leading to arbitrary code execution allowing a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDgnu/grub2< 2.06
Debiangnu/grub2< 2.04-16+3
CVEListV5gnu/grub2grub 2.06

Also affects: Fedora 33, 34, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7, 8.2, 8.1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-q9cp-m9vw-25xh: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 22022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2020-25647: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 22021-03-03
CVEList
CVE-2020-25647: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 22021-03-03

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. During USB device initialization descriptors are read with very little bounds checking and assumes the USB device is providing sane values. If prop2021-03-09
Red Hat
grub2: Out-of-bounds write in grub_usb_device_initialize()2021-03-02
Debian
CVE-2020-25647: grub2 - A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. During USB device initializ...2020

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-25647 grub2: Out-of-bounds write in grub_usb_device_initialize()2020-10-09
CVE-2020-25647 — Out-of-bounds Write in GNU Grub2 | cvebase