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GHSA-c8f6-x9xm-x27g

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

A buffer overflow was found in grub_font_construct_glyph(). A malicious crafted pf2 font can lead to an overflow when calculating the max_glyph_size value, allocating a smaller than needed buffer for the glyph, this further leads to a buffer overflow and a heap based out-of-bounds write. An attacker may use this vulnerability to circumvent the secure boot mechanism.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-c8f6-x9xm-x27g
Published
December 14, 2022 9:30 PM
Last Modified
December 16, 2022 9:30 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 19, 2025 6:29 AM

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