CVE-2022-2601CWE-122

A buffer overflow was found in grub_font_construct_glyph()

High · published December 14, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00515 · 43.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2022-12-14T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 DEC 00:00Z
    A buffer overflow was found in grub_font_construct_glyph()
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