High severity · published Mar 3, 2021
CVE-2021-20233
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06
8.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. Setparam_prefix() in the menu rendering code performs a length calculation on the assumption that expressing a quoted single quote will require 3 characters, while it actually requires 4 characters which allows an attacker to corrupt memory by one byte for each quote in the input. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% 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 Server Aus · Redhat
7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.6; 7.7; 8.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.6; 7.7; 8.1 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6; 7.7; 8.2 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34 · source: NVD
GR
Grub2 · Gnu
before 2.06 · source: NVD
OS
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
Affected product
FE
Fedora
Fedoraproject
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