High severity · published Dec 14, 2022
CVE-2022-2601
A buffer overflow was found in grub_font_construct_glyph()
8.6
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A buffer overflow was found in grub_font_construct_glyph(). A malicious crafted pf2 font can lead to an overflow when calculating the max_glyph_size value, allocating a smaller than needed buffer for the glyph, this further leads to a buffer overflow and a heap based out-of-bounds write. An attacker may use this vulnerability to circumvent the secure boot mechanism.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus · Redhat
9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
8.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions · Redhat
8.1; 8.2; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
8.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions · Redhat
8.1; 8.2; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37 · source: NVD
GR
Grub2 · Gnu
through 2.06 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2601
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2601
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2112975#c0
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-14
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0004/
arstechnica.com
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/a-patch-microsoft-spent-2-years-preparing-is-making-a-mess-for-some-linux-users/
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