CVE-2021-20225

Severity
6.7MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.61%
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. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDgnu/grub2< 2.06
Debiangrub2< 2.04-16+3
CVEListV5grub2grub 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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hmmc-9q6p-vgg6: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 22022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2021-20225: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 22021-03-03
OSV
CVE-2021-20225: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 22021-03-03

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GRUB 2 vulnerabilities2021-06-18
Microsoft
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific s2021-03-09
Red Hat
grub2: Heap out-of-bounds write in short form option parser2021-03-02
Debian
CVE-2021-20225: grub2 - A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an...2021