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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.6
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-ppc64leUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal | Jan 12, 2023 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-emu-modulesUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-emuUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-tools-extra | Jul 21, 2023 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-emu-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-emuUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modules | Feb 17, 2025 | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-ppc64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-ppc-modulesUpgrade grub2-debuginfo | Jan 12, 2023 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade grub2 | Nov 17, 2022 | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023366 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Oct 5, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-boot/grub. | Nov 27, 2023 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-efi | Feb 13, 2023 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal | Mar 8, 2023 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modules | Feb 9, 2023 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-common | Mar 9, 2023 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Msft | — | 2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 22H2 (KB5041580)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1607 (KB5041773)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 21H2 (KB5041160)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1507 (KB5041782)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 21H2 (KB5041580)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 23H2 (KB5041573)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 22H2 (KB5055526)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (KB5041851)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1809 (KB5041578)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2019, version 1809 (KB5041578)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2016, version 1607 (KB5041773)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 21H2 (KB5041592)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2016, version 1607 (KB5055521)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 21H2 (KB5055526)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2019, version 1809 (KB5055519)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5055523)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 22H2 (KB5041585)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5041585)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (KB5055581)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB5041828)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5055528)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5041571)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 22H2 (KB5041160)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1607 (KB5055521)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1507 (KB5055547)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1809 (KB5055519)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 22H2 (KB5055528)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 23H2 (KB5055527)2025-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB5055557) | Aug 13, 2024 | Aug 13, 2024 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-efi | Jan 13, 2023 | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-ppc64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-ppc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo | Dec 14, 2022 | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools | Mar 12, 2024 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade grub2-i386-pc-debugUpgrade grub2-s390x-emuUpgrade grub2-branding-upstreamUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-arm64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2-systemd-sleep-pluginUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-debugUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2-snapper-pluginUpgrade grub2-arm64-efiUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efiUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xenUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275Upgrade grub2-i386-pcUpgrade grub2-s390x-emu-debug | Nov 22, 2022 | Nov 21, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade grub2-signedUpgrade grub2-unsigned | Nov 19, 2024 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Dec 14, 2022 |
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