CVE-2024-45774
6.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in grub2. A specially crafted JPEG file can cause the JPEG parser of grub2 to incorrectly check the bounds of its internal buffers, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. The possibility of overwriting sensitive information to bypass secure boot protections is not discarded.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
0 <= 2.12 | affected | ||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | 1:2.06-104.el9_6 < * | unaffected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Workarounds
Do not process untrusted JPEG files with grub2.
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6990
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45774
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337461
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-02/msg00024.html
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