Vulnerability CVE-2022-28733: Information

Description

Integer underflow in grub_net_recv_ip4_packets; A malicious crafted IP packet can lead to an integer underflow in grub_net_recv_ip4_packets() function on rsm->total_len value. Under certain circumstances the total_len value may end up wrapping around to a small integer number which will be used in memory allocation. If the attack succeeds in such way, subsequent operations can write past the end of the buffer.

Severity: HIGH (8.1) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published: July 20, 2023
Modified: Aug. 26, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-191

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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