MEDIUM 6.7 Microsoft

CVE-2021-20225

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Microsoft Security Update 2021-Mar: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

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Published: 2021-03-09 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-20
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7 was published on 2021-03-09 via Microsoft. Affected: cbl2 grub2 2.06~rc1-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 grub2 2.06-26 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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