CVE-2024-56737 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting GNU GRUB (GRUB2) versions up to 2.12, specifically within the HFS filesystem parsing. This flaw can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including its discovery by Microsoft using AI.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.00, <= 2.12CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.