A crafted 16-bit grayscale PNG image may lead to a out-of-bounds write in the heap area. An attacker may take advantage of that to cause heap data corruption or eventually arbitrary code execution and circumvent secure boot protections. This issue has a high complexity to be exploited as an attacker needs to perform some triage over the heap layout to achieve signifcant results, also the values written into the memory are repeated three times in a row making difficult to produce valid payloads. This flaw affects grub2 versions prior grub-2.12.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade shim-ia32Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade shim-aa64Upgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-ppc64leUpgrade shim-unsigned-x64 | Aug 24, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-emu-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-emuUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-ec2Upgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-pc | Jul 21, 2023 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-emuUpgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-emu-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-tools-efi | Feb 17, 2025 | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade mokutilUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade mokutil-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade mokutil-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade shim-ia32Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-efi | Jun 17, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade grub2 | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-boot/grub. | Sep 26, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64 | Aug 18, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-pc-modules | Oct 28, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdboot | Aug 18, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modules | Aug 18, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal | Sep 14, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools | Jun 8, 2022 | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade shim-unsigned-x64Upgrade shim-ia32Upgrade mokutilUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootNo solution existsUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade mokutil-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade mokutil-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pc-modules | Jun 17, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade mokutil-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade mokutil-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade mokutilUpgrade shim-unsigned-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade shim-ia32Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32 | Jul 11, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade grub2-s390x-emu-debugUpgrade grub2-i386-pcUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xenUpgrade grub2-snapper-pluginUpgrade grub2-arm64-efiUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efiUpgrade grub2-branding-upstreamUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275Upgrade grub2-systemd-sleep-pluginUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-debugUpgrade grub2-i386-pc-debugUpgrade grub2-arm64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2-s390x-emuUpgrade grub2 | Oct 26, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade shimUpgrade grub-efi-amd64-signedUpgrade grub-efi-arm64-signedUpgrade grub-efi-amd64Upgrade grub-efi-amd64-binUpgrade grub-efi-arm64Upgrade grub-efi-arm64-binUpgrade shim-signed | Sep 18, 2023 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 6, 2022 |
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