CVE-2019-14865
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-267
- Affected
- gnu/grub2
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0335Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0335Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.