CVE-2024-45783 (GCVE-0-2024-45783)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-18 19:26 – Updated: 2026-06-29 22:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Grub2: fs/hfs+: refcount can be decremented twice
Summary
A flaw was found in grub2. When failing to mount an HFS+ grub, the hfsplus filesystem driver doesn't properly set an ERRNO value. This issue may lead to a NULL pointer access.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-19 14:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-911 - Improper Update of Reference Count
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6990 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45783 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345863 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.12
(semver)
|
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
1:2.06-104.el9_6 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
|
Date Public
2025-02-18 18:00
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