In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.
CVE-2020-14308
Score 6.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 6.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.4
- EG Score
- 6.4(medium)
- EG Risk
- 33(Track)EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity64% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 35.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 29, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (20)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852009
- secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
- secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-14308(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | grub2-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26) @ xenial | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_2 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_3 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_6 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_4 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_7 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-unsigned-x64-0:15-7.el8 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-0:15-14.el8_0 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-7.el7_8 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-143082020-08-18
In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3216MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3216 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3217MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3217 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3223MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3223 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3227MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3227 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3271MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3271 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3273MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3273 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3274MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3274 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3276MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3276 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4432-1HIGH
GRUB 2 vulnerabilities
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