CVE-2025-54771 (GCVE-0-2025-54771)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-18 18:20 – Updated: 2026-09-01 11:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Grub2: use-after-free in grub_file_close()
Summary
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.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-19 14:17 UTC
CWE
- CWE-825 - Expired Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54771 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2413823 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/202… | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/18/3 |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNU | grub2 |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.14
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| 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 Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
|
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
|
Date Public
2025-11-18 00:00
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