CVE-2022-28737 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-28737: There's a possible overflow in handle_image() when shim tries to load and execute crafted EFI executables

Vendor Red Hat Bootloader Team
Product shim
Published July 20, 2023
Last update October 22, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

There's a possible overflow in handle_image() when shim tries to load and execute crafted EFI executables; The handle_image() function takes into account the SizeOfRawData field from each section to be loaded. An attacker can leverage this to perform out-of-bound writes into memory. Arbitrary code execution is not discarded in such scenario.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 20, 2023 CVE published
October 22, 2024 Record updated