Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting grub2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GRUB2-14050224
  • published19 Nov 2025
  • disclosed18 Nov 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-61664  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Expired Pointer Dereference via the normal_exit command when invoked after the normal module has been unloaded. An attacker can cause the system to access freed memory by executing the command post-unload, potentially resulting in a system crash or compromising data confidentiality and integrity.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1