CVE-2021-20225

Published Mar 3, 2021

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.7
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 0.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787
secalert@redhat.com: CWE-787

Configurations

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Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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