# CVE-2024-45782: Grub2: fs/hfs: strcpy() using the volume name (fs/hfs.c:382)

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-03 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- grub2: through 2.12
- grub2: version range not reported
- grub2: version range not reported
- grub2: version range not reported
- grub2: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the HFS filesystem. When reading an HFS volume's name at grub_fs_mount(), the HFS filesystem driver performs a strcpy() using the user-provided volume name as input without properly validating the volume name's length. This issue may read to a heap-based out-of-bounds writer, impacting grub's sensitive data integrity and eventually leading to a secure boot protection bypass.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grub2, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45782
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345858

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