CVE-2020-25647
Public on 2021-03-03
Modified on 2021-07-15
Description
A flaw was found in grub2. During USB device initialization, descriptors are read with very little bounds checking and assumes the USB device is providing sane values. If properly exploited, an attacker could trigger memory corruption leading to arbitrary code execution allowing a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | grub2 | 2021-07-14 | ALAS2-2021-1684 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |