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CVE-2024-45774

MEDIUM
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
2025-02-18 secalert@redhat.com
6.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat
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Severity by source

Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY
6.7 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
6.7 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat).

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Apr 02, 2026 - 14:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:27 vuln.today
CVE Published
Feb 18, 2025 - 19:15 nvd
MEDIUM 6.7

DescriptionCVE.org

A flaw was found in grub2. A specially crafted JPEG file can cause the JPEG parser of grub2 to incorrectly check the bounds of its internal buffers, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. The possibility of overwriting sensitive information to bypass secure boot protections is not discarded.

AnalysisAI

A flaw was found in grub2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787), which allows attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes. A flaw was found in grub2. A specially crafted JPEG file can cause the JPEG parser of grub2 to incorrectly check the bounds of its internal buffers, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. The possibility of overwriting sensitive information to bypass secure boot protections is not discarded.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate write boundaries, use memory-safe languages, enable compiler protections (ASLR, stack canaries).

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:5.0.4.7.19.1 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:2.1.3-7.30 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/base-os-container:2.2.1-5.40 Affected
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2:latest Image SLES15-SP3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP3-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP3-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:latest Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-GCE Affected

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