Name: CVE-2017-9763: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-9763, CWE-119, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01357

The grub_ext2_read_block function in fs/ext2.c in GNU GRUB before 2013-11-12, as used in shlr/grub/fs/ext2.c in radare2 1.5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive stack use and application crash) via a crafted binary file, related to use of a variable-size stack array.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade grub2	Jul 30, 2024	Jun 19, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade grub2-x86_64-efiUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xen	Apr 1, 2019	Jun 19, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jun 19, 2017

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CVSS Details

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