CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2020-15707

    CVE-2020-15707

    Integer overflows were discovered in the functions grub_cmd_initrd and grub_initrd_init in the efilinux component of GRUB2, as shipped in Debian, Red Hat, and Ubuntu (the functionality is not included in GRUB2 upstream), leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. These could be triggered by an extremely large number of arguments to the initrd command on 32-bit architectures, or a crafted filesystem with very large files on any architecture. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code and bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. This issue affects GRUB2 version 2.04 and prior versions.

    Published:Jul 29, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 29, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00033
    CVSS Score:5.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Grub2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 10
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 8.1
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Rt 8.1
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2012
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2016
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2019
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Active Iq Unified Manager
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Atomic Host
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Container Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Suse Linux Enterprise Server

    Exploits

    https://www.eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/https://www.eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-13476 (CVSS 7.3) — IBM Informix Dynamic Server 14.10, 15.0, and 12.10 could allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary co…
    CVE-2026-13367 (CVSS 7.8) — IBM Informix Dynamic Server 14.10, and 15.0 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the oninit s…
    CVE-2026-47337 (CVSS 3.3) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain SAUCE patches with a possible NULL pointer dereference in the handling …
    CVE-2026-47336 (CVSS 3.3) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8 contains SAUCE patches with a possible use of an uninitialized variable in AppArmor AF_INET/A…
    CVE-2026-47335 (CVSS 5.5) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8 contains SAUCE patches with a possible NULL pointer dereference in the handling of AppArmor n…
    CVE-2026-47334 (CVSS 5.5) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain AppArmor SAUCE patches which incorrectly sleep while holding a spinlock…
    CVE-2026-47333 (CVSS 7.8) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain AppArmor SAUCE patches which can potentially incorrectly compute the si…
    CVE-2026-47332 (CVSS 5.5) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain AppArmor SAUCE patches which incorrectly validate the size of an intern…
    CVE-2026-47331 (CVSS 7.8) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8 contains AppArmor SAUCE patches which fail to acquire a lock when modifying a linked list. An…
    CVE-2026-47330 (CVSS 3.3) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 7.17 and 7.0 contain AppArmor SAUCE patches which can, under certain circumstances, use an u…

    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
    http://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4432-1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
    https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/grub2bootloader
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-07/msg00034.html
    https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV200011
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass
    https://www.debian.org/security/2020-GRUB-UEFI-SecureBoot
    https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4735
    https://www.eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
    https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
    https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-grub2-secure-boot-issue/
    https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000019673
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
    http://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4432-1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
    https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/grub2bootloader
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-07/msg00034.html
    https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV200011
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass
    https://www.debian.org/security/2020-GRUB-UEFI-SecureBoot
    https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4735
    https://www.eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
    https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
    https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-grub2-secure-boot-issue/
    https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000019673

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High