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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14310

DEBIAN-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 3.1
6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11grub20, 0, 0
Debian:13grub20, 0, 0
Debian:14grub20, 0, 0
Debian:12grub20, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jul 31, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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