CVE-2024-45778

A stack overflow flaw was found when reading a BFS file system. A crafted BFS filesystem may lead to an uncontrolled loop, causing grub2 to crash.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 21% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-190

Published

2025-03-03

Modified

2026-10-21

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

Affected

• gnu:grub2
• redhat:enterprise_linux
• redhat:openshift_container_platform

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45778
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345640
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-02/msg00024.html

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