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CVE-2020-27749 Details

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. Variable names present are expanded in the supplied command line into their corresponding variable contents, using a 1kB stack buffer for temporary storage, without sufficient bounds checking. If the function is called with a command line that references a variable with a sufficiently large payload, it is possible to overflow the stack buffer, corrupt the stack frame and control execution which could also circumvent Secure Boot protections. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow[email protected]
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-27749
NVD Published Date:
Mar 3, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-27749 Details - Not Deferred