Heap-based buffer overflow in GNU GRUB2
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-122Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
GNU GRUB (aka GRUB2) through 2.12 has a heap-based buffer overflow in fs/hfs.c via crafted sblock data in an HFS filesystem.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00724 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-56737
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9vr3-263w-c6mj
References
Advisory 1
More GNU Grub2 vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-04324 Grub2: out-of-bounds write at fs/ntfs.c may lead to unsigned code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-06891 Multiple integer underflows in Grub2 1.98 through 2.02 allow physically proximate… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2022-11367 Integer underflow in GNU GRUB CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2022-02403 Heap-based buffer overflow in grub2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2020-08612 Buffer overflow in Grub CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2020-15650 Use after free in grub2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2024-56737 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-56737 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9vr3-263w-c6mj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-56737 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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