Description
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found on grub2's NTFS filesystem driver. This issue may allow a physically present attacker to present a specially crafted NTFS file system image to read arbitrary memory locations. A successful attack allows sensitive data cached in memory or EFI variable values to be leaked, presenting a high Confidentiality risk.
Published: 2023-10-25
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3605-1 grub2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5519-1 grub2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-54544 An out-of-bounds read flaw was found on grub2's NTFS filesystem driver. This issue may allow a physically present attacker to present a specially crafted NTFS file system image to read arbitrary memory locations. A successful attack allows sensitive data cached in memory or EFI variable values to be leaked, presenting a high Confidentiality risk.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6410-1 GRUB2 vulnerabilities

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Gnu Grub2
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-07T00:31:03.030Z

Reserved: 2023-08-31T21:53:46.147Z

Link: CVE-2023-4693

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T18:17:41.817

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:17:11.517

Link: CVE-2023-4693

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-4693 - Bugzilla

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