High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 19, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9763
CVE-2017-9763
Description
The grub_ext2_read_block function in fs/ext2.c in GNU GRUB before 2013-11-12, as used in shlr/grub/fs/ext2.c in radare2 1.5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive stack use and application crash) via a crafted binary file, related to use of a variable-size stack array.
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Affected products
4- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/suse/grub2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/grub2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/grub2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4
< 2.00-0.66.8.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.00-0.66.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.02-0.66.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.00-0.66.8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/grub-core/fs/ext2.cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/radare/radare2/commit/65000a7fd9eea62359e6d6714f17b94a99a82eddnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/radare/radare2/issues/7723nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99141nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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