Vulnerability · Published Dec 19, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2022-3775

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in grub2. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 35.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

When rendering certain unicode sequences, grub2's font code doesn't proper validate if the informed glyph's width and height is constrained within bitmap size. As consequence an attacker can craft an input which will lead to a out-of-bounds write into grub2's heap, leading to memory corruption and availability issues. Although complex, arbitrary code execution could not be discarded.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8grub2-common1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-common1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-aa641:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-efi-aa641:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-aa64-modules1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-efi-aa64-modules1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-ia321:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-ia32-modules1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-x641:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-efi-x641:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-x64-cdboot1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-efi-x64-cdboot1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-efi-x64-modules1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-efi-x64-modules1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-pc1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-pc1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-pc-modules1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-pc-modules1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-ppc64le1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-ppc64le1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-ppc64le-modules1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-ppc64le-modules1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-tools1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-tools1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-tools-efi1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-tools-efi1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-tools-extra1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-tools-extra1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
AlmaLinux:8grub2-tools-minimal1:2.02-142.el8_7.1.almaALSA-2023:0049
AlmaLinux:9grub2-tools-minimal1:2.06-46.el9_1.3.almaALSA-2023:0752
Debian:12grub22.06-5DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3775
Debian:13grub22.06-5DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3775
Debian:14grub22.06-5DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3775
Rocky Linux:8grub21:2.02-142.el8_7.1.rocky.0.2RLSA-2023:0049
Rocky Linux:9grub21:2.06-46.el9_1.3.rocky.0.2RLSA-2023:0752
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgrub2-signed1.187.3~22.04.1USN-6355-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgrub2-signed1.187.3~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3775
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgrub2-unsigned2.06-2ubuntu14UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3775
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgrub2-unsigned2.06-2ubuntu14.1USN-6355-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSshim15.7-0ubuntu1USN-6355-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSshim-signed1.51.3USN-6355-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a grub2 All up to 2.06

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References