CVE-2024-45781 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-45781: Grub2: fs/ufs: oob write in the heap

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Weakness CWE-787
Published February 18, 2025
Last update January 29, 2026

CVSS base score

6.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in grub2. When reading a symbolic link's name from a UFS filesystem, grub2 fails to validate the string length taken as an input. The lack of validation may lead to a heap out-of-bounds write, causing data integrity issues and eventually allowing an attacker to circumvent secure boot protections.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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