CVE-2022-28736

Summary

CVECVE-2022-28736
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-20 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-25 23:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThere's a use-after-free vulnerability in grub_cmd_chainloader() function; The chainloader command is used to boot up operating systems that doesn't support multiboot and do not have direct support from GRUB2. When executing chainloader more than once a use-after-free vulnerability is triggered. If an attacker can control the GRUB2's memory allocation pattern sensitive data may be exposed and arbitrary code execution can be achieved.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Grub2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE - CVE-2022-28736 MISC cve.mitre.org
oss-security - [SECURITY PATCH 00/30] Multiple GRUB2 vulnerabilities - 2022/06/07 round MISC www.openwall.com
July 2023 Grub Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security MISC security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159883 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2022-9471)
  • 159884 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2022-9469)
  • 159943 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2022-5099)
  • 159967 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64 (ELSA-2022-5095)
  • 159985 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2022-9596)
  • 159986 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2022-9595)
  • 161027 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (ELSA-2023-12952)
  • 181009 Debian Security Update for grub2 (CVE-2022-28736)
  • 240473 Red Hat Update for grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64 (RHSA-2022:5100)
  • 240474 Red Hat Update for grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64 (RHSA-2022:5099)
  • 240476 Red Hat Update for grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64 (RHSA-2022:5096)
  • 240477 Red Hat Update for grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64 (RHSA-2022:5095)
  • 282811 Fedora Security Update for grub2 (FEDORA-2022-27932fdd06)
  • 282866 Fedora Security Update for grub2 (FEDORA-2022-9b4f9af4ce)
  • 354332 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for grub2 : ALAS2022-2022-109
  • 354535 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for grub2 : ALAS-2022-109
  • 355137 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for grub2 : ALAS2023-2023-020
  • 355617 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for grub2 : ALAS2-2023-2146
  • 377130 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0134)
  • 377622 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0164)
  • 672021 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-2242)
  • 672026 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-2221)
  • 672031 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-2255)
  • 672109 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-2318)
  • 672131 EulerOS Security Update for grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-2289)
  • 710619 Gentoo Linux GRUB Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-12)
  • 752214 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:2037-1)
  • 752215 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:2041-1)
  • 752216 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:2036-1)
  • 752217 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:2035-1)
  • 752218 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:2038-1)
  • 752221 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:2064-1)
  • 752229 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grub2 (SUSE-SU-2022:2074-1)
  • 907581 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (27554-1)
  • 940639 AlmaLinux Security Update for grub2, (ALSA-2022:5095)
  • 940640 AlmaLinux Security Update for grub2, (ALSA-2022:5099)
  • 960155 Rocky Linux Security Update for grub2, (RLSA-2022:5095)
  • 960538 Rocky Linux Security Update for grub2, (RLSA-2022:5099)
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