Description
In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.
Published: 2020-07-29
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4735-1 grub2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-6460 In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4432-1 GRUB 2 vulnerabilities
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gnu Grub2
Opensuse Leap
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:39:36.360Z

Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-14308

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-29T20:15:12.397

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:02:58.490

Link: CVE-2020-14308

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-07-29T17:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-14308 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses