Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting grub2 package, versions [0,2.14-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GRUB2-8738863
  • published20 Feb 2025
  • disclosed18 Feb 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-45780  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade grub2 to version 2.14-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound through the allocation process for file names. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or disrupt the normal operations of the system by providing a specially crafted tar file that triggers an integer overflow, leading to a heap out-of-bounds write.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1