CVE-2022-2601

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-2601
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-14 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-25 12:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2112975 – (CVE-2022-2601) CVE-2022-2601 grub2: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
GRUB: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-14) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
CVE-2022-2601 Grub2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160386 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2023-12019)
  • 160437 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2023-0049)
  • 160730 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2023-0752)
  • 181216 Debian Security Update for grub2 (DSA 5280-1)
  • 181218 Debian Security Update for grub2 (DLA 3190-1)
  • 181312 Debian Security Update for grub2 (DLA 3190-2)
  • 184689 Debian Security Update for grub2 (CVE-2022-2601)
  • 241007 Red Hat Update for grub2 (RHSA-2022:8978)
  • 241037 Red Hat Update for grub2 (RHSA-2023:0047)
  • 241040 Red Hat Update for grub2 (RHSA-2023:0048)
  • 241042 Red Hat Update for grub2 (RHSA-2023:0049)
  • 241185 Red Hat Update for grub2 (RHSA-2023:0752)
  • 283350 Fedora Security Update for grub2 (FEDORA-2022-f86e203baf)
  • 283365 Fedora Security Update for grub2 (FEDORA-2022-7ce9378e90)
  • 283416 Fedora Security Update for grub2 (FEDORA-2022-dec4cdacd7)
  • 355137 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for grub2 : ALAS2023-2023-020
  • 355617 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for grub2 : ALAS2-2023-2146
  • 377900 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for grub2 (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0003)
  • 672578 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1317)
  • 672656 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1386)
  • 672662 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1358)
  • 672671 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1407)
  • 672693 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1422)
  • 672717 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1443)
  • 672766 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1468)
  • 710796 Gentoo Linux GRUB Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-14)
  • 752845 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:4219-1)
  • 752900 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:4218-1)
  • 752909 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:4141-1)
  • 752923 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:4140-1)
  • 752932 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:4142-1)
  • 752964 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:4302-1)
  • 904689 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (11629)
  • 904696 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (11604)
  • 905183 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (11629-1)
  • 905244 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (11604-1)
  • 940866 AlmaLinux Security Update for grub2 (ALSA-2023:0049)
  • 940924 AlmaLinux Security Update for grub2 (ALSA-2023:0752)
  • 960514 Rocky Linux Security Update for grub2 (RLSA-2023:0049)
  • 960577 Rocky Linux Security Update for grub2 (RLSA-2023:0752)
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