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ALPINE-CVE-2020-14310

ALPINE-CVE-2020-14310 PUBLISHED CVSS 6 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.18grub2.04-r3, 2.04-r2, 2.04-r1
Alpine:v3.17grub*, 0, 2.02-r0
Alpine:v3.22grub0, 2.04-r3, 2.04-r2
Alpine:v3.21grub2.02-r5, 2.02-r2, 2.02-r9
Alpine:v3.23grub2.02-r1, 2.02-r11, 2.02-r12
Alpine:v3.19grub*, 2.02-r0, 2.02-r1
Alpine:v3.20grub2.04-r3, 2.02-r1, 2.02-r12

Timeline

  • Jul 31, 2020 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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