{"cve":"CVE-2019-14865","nvd":{"published":"2019-11-29T10:15:12.830","modified":"2026-06-17T02:19:11.953","status":"Analyzed","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.9},"cwes":["CWE-267"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0335","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865","https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3"],"products":["gnu:grub2"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:59:27.069234358+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-14865","score":0.00324,"percentile":0.25455,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}