CVE-2020-14311 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2020-14311 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 31/07/2020 | CVE Updated: 04/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2020
Source: redhat | Vendor: The Grub2 Project | Product: grub2
Status : PUBLISHED

CVE-2020-14311 Description

There is an issue with grub2 before version 2.06 while handling symlink on ext filesystems. A filesystem containing a symbolic link with an inode size of UINT32_MAX causes an arithmetic overflow leading to a zero-sized memory allocation with subsequent heap-based buffer overflow.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 5.7 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH
    Privileges Required (PR)* HIGH
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-190
CWE Name: CWE-190
Source: The Grub2 Project

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).