CVE-2022-2601

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A buffer overflow was found in grub_font_construct_glyph(). A malicious crafted pf2 font can lead to an overflow when calculating the max_glyph_size value, allocating a smaller than needed buffer for the glyph, this further leads to a buffer overflow and a heap based out-of-bounds write. An attacker may use this vulnerability to circumvent the secure boot mechanism.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 14, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2022-2601: High severity, CVSS 8.6 | Vulnix