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CVE-2019-14865
A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure (for example…
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.32%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 74% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 74% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
References
4
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0335 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-5981 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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