CVE-2025-0690

MEDIUM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 - Out-of-bounds Write via Read Command Input Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-0690. PoCs published by kaleth4.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2025-0690, targeting an integer overflow vulnerability in GRUB2's 'read' command. The exploit leverages a stack overflow and Ret2Libc technique to achieve remote code execution, demonstrated via a reverse shell payload.

Description

The read command is used to read the keyboard input from the user, while reads it keeps the input length in a 32-bit integer value which is further used to reallocate the line buffer to accept the next character. During this process, with a line big enough it's possible to make this variable to overflow leading to a out-of-bounds write in the heap based buffer. This flaw may be leveraged to corrupt grub's internal critical data and secure boot bypass is not discarded as consequence.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by kaleth4 · poc
https://github.com/kaleth4/CVE-2025-0690

The repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2025-0690, targeting an integer overflow vulnerability in GRUB2's 'read' command. The exploit leverages a stack overflow and Ret2Libc technique to achieve remote code execution, demonstrated via a reverse shell payload.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: GRUB2 (versions prior to patched releases)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: physical or local access to the target system · GRUB2 with vulnerable 'read' command implementation
devstral-2 · analyzed May 11, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6990
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0690
Issue Tracking issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346123

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0066
EPSS Percentile 46.6%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (5)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 1:2.06-104.el9_6
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Published Feb 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026