{"id":"CVE-2024-45777","title":"A flaw was found in grub2","summary":"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 ove…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-787"],"vendor":"gnu","product":"grub2","affected":["grub2 <= 2.12","openshift = 4.0","enterprise_linux = 7.0","enterprise_linux = 8.0","enterprise_linux = 9.0","enterprise_linux = 10.0"],"published":"2025-02-19","updated":"2026-06-25","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45777","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20532","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45777","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346343","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00244,"epssPercentile":0.13859,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T13:24:34.160Z","slug":"CVE-2024-45777","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `grub2 <= 2.12`\n- `openshift = 4.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 7.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 8.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 9.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 10.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":37,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":36.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}