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01 Record

CVE-2020-14309

There's an issue with grub2 in all versions before 2.06 when handling squashfs filesystems containing a symbolic link with name length of UINT32 bytes in size. The name size leads to an arithmetic

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

There's an issue with grub2 in all versions before 2.06 when handling squashfs filesystems containing a symbolic link with name length of UINT32 bytes in size. The name size leads to an arithmetic

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 41.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-07-30 12:49Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 12:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-06-17
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
  • CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
12ece6a2f8bf7ee5d73967db0d4d77b2b9912207c6342e07c27c4d20778c3203

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aGrubAll grub2 versions before 2.06—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • grub2
    Fixed in 2.04-9

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • grub2
    Fixed in 2.04-9

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • grub2
    Fixed in 2.04-9

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • grub2
    Fixed in 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26
  • grub2-signed
    Fixed in 1.66.26
  • grub2-unsigned
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • grub2
    Fixed in 2.02-2ubuntu8.16
  • grub2-signed
    Fixed in 1.93.18
  • grub2-unsigned
    Fixed in 2.04-1ubuntu47.4

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • grub2
    Fixed in 2.04-1ubuntu26.1
  • grub2-signed
    Fixed in 1.142.3
  • grub2-unsigned
    Fixed in 2.04-1ubuntu47.4

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • grub2
    Fixed in 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.20
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
  • grub2-signed
    Fixed in 1.34.22
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.