CVE-2020-15706 (GCVE-0-2020-15706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-29 17:45 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:20
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Title
GRUB2 contains a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability which can be triggered by redefining a function whilst the same function is already executing.
Summary
GRUB2 contains a race condition in grub_script_function_create() leading to a use-after-free vulnerability which can be triggered by redefining a function whilst the same function is already executing, leading to arbitrary code execution and secure boot restriction bypass. This issue affects GRUB2 version 2.04 and prior versions.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-362 - Race Condition (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Ubuntu grub2 in Ubuntu Affected: 20.04 LTS , < 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 (custom)
Affected: 18.04 LTS , < 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 (custom)
Affected: 16.04 LTS , < 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26 (custom)
Affected: 14.04 ESM , < 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.20 (custom)
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Chris Coulson
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