CVE-2022-2601

Public on 2022-11-16
Modified on 2024-02-01
Description
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.6
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 grub Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core grub2 2023-07-17 ALAS2-2023-2146 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 grub2 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-020 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H