Out-of-bounds Write 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-GRUB2-8746217
  • published25 Feb 2025
  • disclosed18 Feb 2025
  • creditJonathan Bar Or

Introduced: 18 Feb 2025

CVE-2025-0678  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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 Out-of-bounds Write through the squash4 module. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by exploiting the integer overflow to write outside the bounds of heap allocated memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1