CVE-2020-14309
grub2: Integer overflow in grub_squash_read_symlink may lead to heap-based buffer overflow
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 30, 2020
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in grub2. When handling squashfs filesystems containing a symbolic link with name length of UINT32 bytes in size, the name size leads to an arithmetic overflow leading to a zero-size allocation further causing a heap-based buffer overflow with attacker controlled data. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound