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01 Record

CVE-2020-15707

GRUB2 contained integer overflows when handling the initrd command, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: canonical
CNA base score5.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

02 Description

GRUB2 contained integer overflows when handling the initrd command, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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
1.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 75.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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
2020-07-29 17:45Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:07Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-07-14
Assigning CNA
canonical
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.7)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
  • CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
fd31007f47a5d090ca50901bc983c268771d8371b4c56cb80ce027a089c4f1b6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Ubuntugrub2 in Ubuntu20.04 LTS to < 2.04-1ubuntu26.1, 18.04 LTS to < 2.02-2ubuntu8.16, 16.04 LTS to < 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26, 14.04 ESM to < 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.20—

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

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

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.