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% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GRUB2-596124
  • published29 Jul 2020
  • disclosed31 Jul 2020

Introduced: 29 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-14310  (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.

There is an issue on grub2 before version 2.06 at function read_section_as_string(). It expects a font name to be at max UINT32_MAX - 1 length in bytes but it doesn't verify it before proceed with buffer allocation to read the value from the font value. An attacker may leverage that by crafting a malicious font file which has a name with UINT32_MAX, leading to read_section_as_string() to an arithmetic overflow, zero-sized allocation and further heap-based buffer overflow.

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