CVE-2022-3775
HIGHGRUB2 < 2.06 - Out-of-bounds Write via Unicode Glyph Rendering
Title source: llmDescription
When rendering certain unicode sequences, grub2's font code doesn't proper validate if the informed glyph's width and height is constrained within bitmap size. As consequence an attacker can craft an input which will lead to a out-of-bounds write into grub2's heap, leading to memory corruption and availability issues. Although complex, arbitrary code execution could not be discarded.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-14
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-3775
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0087
EPSS Percentile
54.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (3)
None/grub2
All up to 2.06
gnu/grub2
< 2.06
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
Published
Dec 19, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026