CVE-2024-56737

A flaw was found in the HFS file system driver in grub2. This issue allows a local attacker to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted sblock in a malicious HFS file system, causing memory corruption, unexpected behavior, and denial of service.

To exploit this flaw, an attacker needs to trick a user into running grub2 with a specially crafted HFS file system image, limiting the exposure of this flaw. For this reason, this vulnerability has been rated with a Moderate severity.

The grub2 package as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9 and in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 is not affected by this vulnerability because the HFS module is not built, so this issue is not applicable.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.