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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade shim-ia32Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade shim-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade shim-unsigned-x64Upgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-ppc64leUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modules | Aug 24, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-ec2Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-ec2Upgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-emuUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-emu-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-efi | Jul 21, 2023 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-emuUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-emu-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-ec2Upgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modules | 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-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade mokutilUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade mokutil-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade shim-ia32Upgrade mokutil-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-emu-debuginfo | 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-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools | Aug 18, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-pc-modules | Oct 28, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modules | Aug 18, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modules | Aug 18, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal | Sep 14, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32 | Jun 8, 2022 | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade shim-unsigned-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade shim-ia32Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade mokutilNo solution existsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade mokutil-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade mokutil-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-debuginfo | Jun 17, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade mokutil-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade mokutil-debuginfoUpgrade mokutilUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade shim-ia32Upgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade shim-unsigned-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfo | Jul 11, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade grub2-s390x-emuUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-debugUpgrade grub2-systemd-sleep-pluginUpgrade grub2-i386-pc-debugUpgrade grub2-arm64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275Upgrade grub2-arm64-efiUpgrade grub2-branding-upstreamUpgrade grub2-i386-pcUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efiUpgrade grub2-s390x-emu-debugUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xenUpgrade grub2-snapper-pluginUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efi-debug | Oct 26, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade shim-signedUpgrade grub-efi-amd64-binUpgrade grub-efi-arm64Upgrade grub-efi-arm64-binUpgrade grub-efi-amd64Upgrade shimUpgrade grub-efi-arm64-signedUpgrade grub-efi-amd64-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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