A flaw was found in grub2. When performing a symlink lookup from a reiserfs filesystem, grub's reiserfs fs module uses user-controlled parameters from the filesystem geometry to determine the internal buffer size, however, it improperly checks for integer overflows. A maliciouly crafted filesystem may lead some of those buffer size calculations to overflow, causing it to perform a grub_malloc() operation with a smaller size than expected. As a result, the grub_reiserfs_read_symlink() will call grub_reiserfs_read_real() with a overflown length parameter, leading to a heap based out-of-bounds write during data reading. This flaw may be leveraged to corrupt grub's internal critical data and can result in arbitrary code execution, by-passing secure boot protections.
CVE-2025-0684
Score 6.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-03-03. NVD baseline CVSS 6.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.4
- EG Score
- 6.4(medium)
- EG Risk
- 29(Track)EG Risk 29/100SSVC: 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%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 20%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 3, 2025
Last Modified
June 30, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 25, 20262346119 – (CVE-2025-0684) CVE-2025-0684 grub2: reiserfs: Integer overflow when handling symlinks may lead to heap based out-of-bounds write when reading data
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346119Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-0684(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2025-0684Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
Grub2: reiserfs: integer overflow when handling symlinks may lead to heap based out-of-bounds write when reading data
- GHSA-mf4f-2vjv-3rq6GitHub Security AdvisoriesMedium
A flaw was found in grub2. When performing a symlink lookup from a reiserfs filesystem, grub's...
Affected Packages
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Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| grub2 | 2.04-20 ... 2.06-3~deb11u6 (20 versions) | 2.06-3~deb11u7 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| grub2 | 2.06-13, 2.06-13+deb12u1 | 2.06-13+deb12u2 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| grub2 | — | 2.12-6 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| grub2 | — | 2.12-6 | — |
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