CVE-2020-14310
moderate-risk
Published 2020-07-31
There is an issue on grub2 before version 2.06 at function read_section_as_string(). It expects a font name to be at max UINT32_MAX - 1 length in bytes but it doesn't verify it before proceed with buffer allocation to read the value from the font value. An attacker may leverage that by crafting a malicious font file which has a name with UINT32_MAX, leading to read_section_as_string() to an arithmetic overflow, zero-sized allocation and further heap-based buffer overflow.
Do I need to act?
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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.7/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (13)
References (10)
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14310
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14310
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
17/34 · Moderate