CVE-2020-10713

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: July 30, 2020 at 12:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapGRUB2

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

A flaw was found in grub2, prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections. In order to load an untrusted or modified kernel, an attacker would first need to establish access to the system such as gaining physical access, obtain the ability to alter a pxe-boot network, or have remote access to a networked system with root access. With this access, an attacker could then craft a string to cause a buffer overflow by injecting a malicious payload that leads to arbitrary code execution within GRUB. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.06
Affected range stops below 2.06, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.0
Affected range stops below 2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.06
Affected range stops below 2.06, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (13)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825243
x_refsource_MISCTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80181
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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