DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2601

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2601

    Published: 14 Dec 2022Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-2601

    Summary:

    Details: A buffer overflow was found in grub_font_construct_glyph(). A malicious crafted pf2 font can lead to an overflow when calculating the max_glyph_size value, allocating a smaller than needed buffer for the glyph, this further leads to a buffer overflow and a heap based out-of-bounds write. An attacker may use this vulnerability to circumvent the secure boot mechanism.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2601

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: grub2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/grub2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.06-5

    Affected versions

    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
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