CVE-2023-4692

A

n out-of-bounds write flaw was found in grub2's NTFS filesystem driver. This issue may allow an attacker to present a specially crafted NTFS filesystem image, leading to grub's heap metadata corruption. In some circumstances, the attack may also corrupt the UEFI firmware heap metadata. As a result, arbitrary code execution and secure boot protection bypass may be achieved.

References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2456
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3184
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4692 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236613 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://dfir.ru/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4692-cve-2023-4693-vulnerabilities-in-the-grub-boot-manager/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-10/msg00028.html Mailing List
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q4/37 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2456
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3184
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4692 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236613 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://dfir.ru/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4692-cve-2023-4693-vulnerabilities-in-the-grub-boot-manager/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00007.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUU42E7CPYLATXOYVYNW6YTXXULAOV6L/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OIRJ5UZRXX2KLR4IKBJEQUNGOCXMMDLY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PERFILCHFEUGG3OAMC6W55P6DDIBZK4Q/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-10/msg00028.html Mailing List
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q4/37 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-14
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0002/
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 20:17

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References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00007.html -

21 Nov 2024, 08:35

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUU42E7CPYLATXOYVYNW6YTXXULAOV6L/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OIRJ5UZRXX2KLR4IKBJEQUNGOCXMMDLY/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PERFILCHFEUGG3OAMC6W55P6DDIBZK4Q/ -
  • () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-14 -
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0002/ -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2456 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2456 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3184 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3184 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4692 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4692 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236613 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236613 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://dfir.ru/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4692-cve-2023-4693-vulnerabilities-in-the-grub-boot-manager/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://dfir.ru/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4692-cve-2023-4693-vulnerabilities-in-the-grub-boot-manager/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-10/msg00028.html - Mailing List () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-10/msg00028.html - Mailing List
References () https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q4/37 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q4/37 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

16 Sep 2024, 16:15

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References

22 May 2024, 17:16

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3184 -

03 May 2024, 03:16

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References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PERFILCHFEUGG3OAMC6W55P6DDIBZK4Q/ -

30 Apr 2024, 14:15

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2456 -

29 Apr 2024, 03:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUU42E7CPYLATXOYVYNW6YTXXULAOV6L/ -

Information

Published : 2023-10-25 18:17

Updated : 2025-11-04 20:17


NVD link : CVE-2023-4692

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4692

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4692


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Products Affected
CWE
CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write