Description

In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.

INFO

Published Date :

July 29, 2020, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 18, 2022, 3:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

0.5
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-14308 has a 25 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-14308 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse leap
1 Gnu grub2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-14308.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852009 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Dockerfile Shell

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Born at : Nov. 11, 2024, 9:23 a.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile

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Born at : Oct. 5, 2024, 8:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile Makefile

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Born at : Sept. 6, 2024, 10:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile

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Born at : May 23, 2024, 1:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

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Born at : May 17, 2024, 8:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 24 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 6 months ago
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Born at : May 17, 2024, 8:46 p.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile

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Born at : March 4, 2024, 8:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile

Updated: 10 months, 1 week ago
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Born at : Jan. 15, 2024, 9:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
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Born at : Aug. 28, 2023, 8:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

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Born at : May 28, 2023, 10:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 24 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile Makefile

Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : Dec. 14, 2022, 11:14 p.m. This repo has been linked 24 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
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Born at : July 15, 2022, 6:34 a.m. This repo has been linked 22 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile

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Born at : July 2, 2022, 8:27 p.m. This repo has been linked 24 different CVEs too.

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Born at : May 8, 2022, 12:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

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PowerShell

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
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Born at : Jan. 4, 2022, 10 p.m. This repo has been linked 16 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-14308 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-14308 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852009 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852009 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.06
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 31, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-14308 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-14308 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.12065

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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