Buffer overflow in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2025-0624

A flaw was found in grub2. During the network boot process, when trying to search for the configuration file, grub copies data from a user controlled environment variable into an internal buffer using the grub_strcpy() function. During this step, it fails to consider the environment variable length when allocating the internal buffer, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. If correctly exploited, this issue may result in remote code execution through the same network segment grub is searching for the boot information, which can be used to by-pass secure boot protections.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-0624?
CVE-2025-0624 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2025-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-0624?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-0624 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.