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grub2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14308

In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.

Products
grub2
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.04-9
CVEs
CVE-2020-14308
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:04 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14308

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jul 2020, 20:15 UTC

In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14308

grub2

Fixed versions: 2.04-9

grub2

Fixed versions: 2.04-9

grub2

Fixed versions: 2.04-9

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14308",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:01:35.512027440Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14308"
      ]
    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 451732,
  "published_at": "2020-07-29T20:15:12.397+00:00"
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