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CVE-2024-1048: fedoraproject fedora Incomplete Cleanup

CVSS: 3.3v3.1LowModified
Published 06-02-2024Last modified 20-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-1048 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
MGASA-2024-0095RHSA-2024:2456RHSA-2024:3184

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. After the fix of CVE-2019-14865, grub2-set-bootflag will create a temporary file with the new grubenv content and rename it to the original grubenv file. If the program is killed before the rename operation, the temporary file will not be removed and may fill the filesystem when invoked multiple times, resulting in a filesystem out of free inodes or blocks.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

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

Fedoraproject1 product
Gnu1 product
Redhat1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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