CVE-2022-2601

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2601
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-2601.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-2601
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Published
2022-12-14T21:15:10Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

A buffer overflow was found in grubfontconstructglyph(). A malicious crafted pf2 font can lead to an overflow when calculating the maxglyph_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

Affected packages