7.6highHigh

CVE-2025-0624

A flaw was found in grub2. During the network boot process, when trying to search for the configuration file, grub copies data from a user controlled environment variable into an internal buffer using the grub_strcpy() function. During this step, it fails to consider the environment variable length when allocating the internal buffer, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. If correctly exploited, this issue may result in remote code execution through the same network segment grub is searching for the boot information, which can be used to by-pass secure boot protections.

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable only from the same local or logical network.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker's control.
  • To exploit it, an administrative account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
7.6 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Assigned by
secalert@redhat.com

Dates

Published
2025-02-19
Last modified
2026-08-31
Sources
NVD

References