Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting grub2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined

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

Introduced: 18 Feb 2025

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

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version 3.1