CVE catalog

CVE-2019-14865

grub2: CVE-2019-14865

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Dec 15, 2019, 11:00:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.32% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	grub2	sid	`2.14-4`	not affected
Debian	grub2	forky	`2.14-4`	not affected
Debian	grub2	trixie	`2.12-9+deb13u2`	not affected
Debian	grub2	bookworm	`2.06-13+deb12u2`	not affected
Debian	grub2	bookworm-security	`2.06-13+deb12u1`	not affected

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	grub2	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	grub2	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	grub2	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	grub2	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[grub2]Not affected
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub2-common]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (6)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-common]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (6)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-coreboot]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-coreboot-bin]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-coreboot-dbg]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (6)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-amd64]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-amd64-bin]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-amd64-dbg]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-amd64-signed-template]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-arm64]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-arm64-bin]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-arm64-dbg]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-arm64-signed-template]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-ia32]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-ia32-bin]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-efi-ia32-dbg]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-emu]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
[grub-emu-dbg]Not affected
Source package: [grub2]
Details (3)
- 2.06-13+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.12-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm
- 2.06-13+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · grub2 · debian · bookworm

Next results

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:40:26 PM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]