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Red Hat: CVE-2022-2601: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-2601: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/13/2022
Created
12/15/2022
Added
12/14/2022
Modified
01/28/2025

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-grub2
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-common
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64-modules
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-modules
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-cdboot
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-modules
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-emu-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-pc
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-pc-modules
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-ppc-modules
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-ppc64-modules
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-ppc64le-modules
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-efi
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-efi-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-extra
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimal
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo

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