CVE-2024-56738
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.04%
Description
GNU GRUB (aka GRUB2) through 2.12 does not use a constant-time algorithm for grub_crypto_memcmp and thus allows side-channel attacks.
How to fix CVE-2024-56738
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/grub2—no fix listed
Is CVE-2024-56738 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |