Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting grub2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GRUB2-14051503
  • published20 Nov 2025
  • disclosed18 Nov 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-61661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-131  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size via string conversion when reading information from a USB device. An attacker can cause a crash or potentially corrupt data by connecting a maliciously configured USB device during the boot sequence.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1