CVE-2019-14865

low-risk

Published 2019-11-29

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure (for example by setting RLIMIT), causing grub2 configuration files to be truncated and leaving the system unbootable on subsequent reboots.

Do I need to act?

0.04% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.9/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Grub2

Affected Vendors

Gnu

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0335

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865

Mailing List https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101

Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0335

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865

Mailing List https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101

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low-risk

Severity 19/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal