CVE-2025-0686
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs
Summary
A flaw in the romfs module of GRUB2 allows integer overflow during buffer size calculation based on user-controlled filesystem geometry parameters. A crafted filesystem can cause a smaller-than-expected buffer allocation, leading to out-of-bounds writes in grub_romfs_read_symlink() and potentially arbitrary code execution.
Risk Assessment
An attacker with physical or local access can execute arbitrary code bypassing Secure Boot protections, potentially leading to full control over the boot process and persistent compromise.
Recommendation
Immediately update GRUB2 to a patched version (e.g., 2.12 or later), re-sign and reinstall the updated bootloader on all systems with Secure Boot enabled.
Other vulnerabilities in GRUB2
See all- CVE-2022-3775High
The vulnerability in grub2 involves improper validation of the width and height of glyphs when rendering certain unicode sequences. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write in grub2's heap, resulting in memory corruption and availability issues.
- CVE-2015-8370High
Multiple integer underflows in Grub2 versions 1.98 through 2.02 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (disk corruption) via backspace characters in the grub_username_get and grub_password_get functions.
- CVE-2025-61664Medium
A Use After Free vulnerability has been identified in the GRUB2 bootloader's normal module. The flaw occurs because the normal_exit command is not properly unregistered when its module is unloaded. An attacker can invoke the command after module removal, causing access to freed memory.
- CVE-2025-61663Medium
A Use-after-Free vulnerability has been found in the GRUB2 bootloader's 'normal' command. The flaw occurs because the command is not properly unregistered when the module is unloaded, allowing an attacker to access invalid memory locations. Successful exploitation leads to system instability and a complete crash.
- CVE-2025-54770Medium
A Use-after-Free vulnerability has been found in the GRUB2 bootloader's network module. The flaw is caused by improper unregistration of the net_set_vlan command when the module is unloaded from memory. An attacker can exploit this to cause system instability and a complete crash.
- CVE-2025-0685Medium
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the jfs filesystem module of GRUB2. The grub_jfs_lookup_symlink() function writes beyond the allocated buffer when a specially crafted jfs filesystem is used. This can corrupt critical internal GRUB data and potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2025-0684Medium
A flaw in GRUB2's reiserfs module allows integer overflow during symlink buffer size calculation, leading to heap out-of-bounds write and potential arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2025-0678High
A flaw in GRUB2's squash4 module improperly checks integer overflows when determining internal buffer sizes from filesystem geometry. A crafted filesystem can cause a smaller buffer allocation, leading to a heap-based out-of-bounds write during data reading. This could allow arbitrary code execution and bypass Secure Boot protections.
- CVE-2024-45778Medium
A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the BFS file system support in GRUB2. A crafted BFS filesystem image can trigger an uncontrolled loop, causing GRUB2 to crash.
- CVE-2024-45780Medium
A flaw was found in grub2 when reading tar files. The function allocating a buffer for the file name does not properly check for integer overflows, which can lead to a heap out-of-bounds write. This allows an attacker to bypass secure boot protections.
Original NVD description (English source)
A flaw was found in grub2. When performing a symlink lookup from a romfs filesystem, grub's romfs filesystem module uses user-controlled parameters from the filesystem geometry to determine the internal buffer size, however, it improperly checks for integer overflows. A maliciously crafted filesystem may lead some of those buffer size calculations to overflow, causing it to perform a grub_malloc() operation with a smaller size than expected. As a result, the grub_romfs_read_symlink() may cause out-of-bounds writes when the calling grub_disk_read() function. This issue may be leveraged to corrupt grub's internal critical data and can result in arbitrary code execution by-passing secure boot protections.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

