CVE-2022-2601 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-2601

A buffer overflow was found in grub_font_construct_glyph(). A malicious crafted...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

grub2
Vulnerable Versions:
grub2 2.06 and lower

Timeline

Official Publish: December 14th, 2022
Last Modified: May 27th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)