Medium severity · published Jul 31, 2020
CVE-2020-14310
There is an issue on grub2 before version 2.06 at function read_section_as_string()
6.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is an issue on grub2 before version 2.06 at function read_section_as_string(). It expects a font name to be at max UINT32_MAX - 1 length in bytes but it doesn't verify it before proceed with buffer allocation to read the value from the font value. An attacker may leverage that by crafting a malicious font file which has a name with UINT32_MAX, leading to read_section_as_string() to an arithmetic overflow, zero-sized allocation and further heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
8.1; 8.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
8.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
8.2 · source: NVD
GR
Grub2 · Gnu
before 2.06 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1; 15.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 20.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14310
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14310
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14310
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
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