| Name | CVE-2020-14310 |
| Description | There is an issue on grub2 before version 2.06 at function read_section_as_string(). It expects a font name to be at max UINT32_MAX - 1 length in bytes but it doesn't verify it before proceed with buffer allocation to read the value from the font value. An attacker may leverage that by crafting a malicious font file which has a name with UINT32_MAX, leading to read_section_as_string() to an arithmetic overflow, zero-sized allocation and further heap-based buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4735-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| grub2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.02~beta2-22+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.02~beta3-5+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.06-3~deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.06-3~deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2.06-13+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.12-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| grub2 | source | buster | 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u1 | | DSA-4735-1 | |
| grub2 | source | (unstable) | 2.04-9 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - grub2 <ignored> (No SecureBoot support in stretch)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git;a=commit;h=3f05d693d1274965ffbe4ba99080dc2c570944c6
[jessie] - grub2 <ignored> (No SecureBoot support in jessie)