CVE-2024-45781Out-of-bounds Write in Grub2

Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 18

Description

A flaw was found in grub2. When reading a symbolic link's name from a UFS filesystem, grub2 fails to validate the string length taken as an input. The lack of validation may lead to a heap out-of-bounds write, causing data integrity issues and eventually allowing an attacker to circumvent secure boot protections.

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 Packages6 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2024-45781: A flaw was found in grub22025-02-18
GHSA
GHSA-2xfx-cg6v-cwqv: A flaw was found in grub22025-02-18

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
grub2: fs/ufs: OOB write in the heap2025-02-18
Microsoft
Grub2: fs/ufs: oob write in the heap2025-02-11
Debian
CVE-2024-45781: grub2 - A flaw was found in grub2. When reading a symbolic link's name from a UFS filesy...2024