VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-25647

CVSS score7.6 HIGH
EPSS probability0.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-03-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. During USB device initialization, descriptors are read with very little bounds checking and assumes the USB device is providing sane values. If properly exploited, an attacker could trigger memory corruption leading to arbitrary code execution allowing a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-787
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references