5.9

CVE-2019-14865: gnu grub2 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumAnalyzed
AliasesRHSA-2020:0335
Published 29-11-2019Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-14865 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in gnu grub2. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-11-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.32% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat25 products
  • grub2< 1:2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-common< 1:2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-debuginfo< 1:2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-debugsource< 1:2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-efi-aa64< 1:2.02-78.el8_1.1
[unknown]1 product
Gnu1 product

3 vendors · 27 products

References

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