CVE-2024-45774Grub2: reader/jpeg: heap oob write during jpeg parsing
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A flaw was found in grub2. A specially crafted JPEG file can cause the JPEG parser of grub2 to incorrectly check the bounds of its internal buffers, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. The possibility of overwriting sensitive information to bypass secure boot protections is not discarded.
- CVSS
- 6.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 21, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 redhat:enterprise_linux | from 1:2.06-104.el9_6 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 redhat:openshift | 4 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6990vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45774vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337461issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-02/msg00024.html
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