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01 Record

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 by setting RLIMIT), causing grub2 configuration files to be

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 25.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-11-29 09:50Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2025-02-13 16:27Z1 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-08-10
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.9)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-267Privilege Defined With Unsafe ActionsBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
092be2688badd564de9f5c09da5b3e1bceb9b568b7a0fe1a900b59c2cb39eec2

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
[UNKNOWN]grub2Not specified—

06 References