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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-07-29T19:03:41

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

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

Link: CVE-2020-14308

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2022-04-18T15:22:28.780

Link: CVE-2020-14308

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2020-14308 - Bugzilla