PT-2023-8569
CVE-2022-28736
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Published
2022-06-07
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Updated
2024-09-05
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
GRUB2 (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the
grub cmd chainloader() function. This function is used to boot operating systems that do not support multiboot and do not have direct support from GRUB2. When the chainloader command is executed more than once, the vulnerability is triggered. If an attacker can control GRUB2's memory allocation pattern, sensitive data may be exposed, and arbitrary code execution can be achieved.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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