CVE-2022-2601

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-122: CWE-122->CWE-787

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/a-patch-microsoft-spent-2-years-preparing-is-making-a-mess-for-some-linux-users/
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2112975#c0
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0004/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-14

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2112975#c0
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0004/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-14

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