CVE-2024-45775 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-45775: Grub2: commands/extcmd: missing check for failed allocation

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Weakness CWE-252
Published February 18, 2025
Last update January 29, 2026

CVSS base score

5.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in grub2 where the grub_extcmd_dispatcher() function calls grub_arg_list_alloc() to allocate memory for the grub's argument list. However, it fails to check in case the memory allocation fails. Once the allocation fails, a NULL point will be processed by the parse_option() function, leading grub to crash or, in some rare scenarios, corrupt the IVT data.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 18, 2025 CVE published
January 29, 2026 Record updated