CVE-2025-54771

MEDIUM

GNU GRUB - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in the GNU GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader). The flaw occurs because the file-closing process incorrectly retains a memory pointer, leaving an invalid reference to a file system structure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause grub to crash, leading to a Denial of Service. Possible data integrity or confidentiality compromise is not discarded.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-825
Status published
Products (6)
GNU/grub2 < 2.14
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Published Nov 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026