CVE-2024-45777

Feb. 19, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

6.7
Medium

Description

A flaw was found in grub2. The calculation of the translation buffer when reading a language .mo file in grub_gettext_getstr_from_position() may overflow, leading to a Out-of-bound write. This issue can be leveraged by an attacker to overwrite grub2's sensitive heap data, eventually leading to the circumvention of secure boot protections.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
grub2

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45777
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346343

Tags

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-787
2025-02-19
CVE-2024-45777

CVSS Score

6.7 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: HIGH
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 19, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 19, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

secalert@redhat.com

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