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ALPINE-CVE-2020-14308

ALPINE-CVE-2020-14308 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.400000095367432 MEDIUM

In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
6.400000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.20grub2.02-r6, 2.02-r10, 2.02-r11
Alpine:v3.22grub2.02-r0, 2.04-r3, 2.04-r2
Alpine:v3.21grub2.02-r7, 0, 2.02-r0
Alpine:v3.19grub2.02-r4, 2.02-r1, 2.02-r10
Alpine:v3.17grub2.02-r0, 2.04-r3, 2.04-r2
Alpine:v3.18grub2.02-r1, 2.02-r10, 2.02-r11
Alpine:v3.23grub2.04-r3, 2.02-r1, 2.02-r10

Timeline

  • Jul 29, 2020 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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