Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting grub2 package, versions <2.04-1ubuntu26.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GRUB2-596102
  • published29 Jul 2020
  • disclosed29 Jul 2020

Introduced: 29 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-14308  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 grub2 to version 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grub2 package and not the grub2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.

CVSS Scores

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