CVE-2024-45777
mediumA flaw was found in grub2.
Vendor / product: Gnu — grub2
A flaw was found in grub2. The calculation of the translation buffer when reading a language .mo file in grub_gettext_getstr_from_position() may overflow, leading to a Out-of-bound write. This issue can be leveraged by an attacker to overwrite grub2's sensitive heap data, eventually leading to the circumvention of secure boot protections.
CVSS
6.7
6.7 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-02-19 18:15
Modified: 2026-10-21 21:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 14 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-05 15:17 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
gnu / grub2 ≤2.12
redhat / openshift 4.0
redhat / enterprise_linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20532 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45777 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346343 secalert@redhat.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-05 15:17 UTC · record ↗