Out-of-bounds Write Affecting grub2 package, versions [0,2.12-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GRUB2-3121922
  • published16 Nov 2022
  • disclosed15 Nov 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-3775  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade grub2 to version 2.12-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write due to failing to properly validate the font width and height when rendering certain unicode sequences. A malicious actor may craft a font capable of triggering this issue, allowing modifications in unauthorized memory segments, causing data integrity problems or leading to denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1