VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-14865

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-267: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

Primary references