CVE-2025-61661

medium

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in the GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader) component. This flaw occurs because the bootloader mishandles string conversion when reading information from a USB device, allowing an attacker to exploit inconsistent length values. A local attacker can connect a maliciously configured USB device during the boot sequence to trigger this issue. A successful exploitation may lead GRUB to crash, leading to a Denial of Service. Data corruption may be also possible, although given the complexity of the exploit the impact is most likely limited.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2413827

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61661

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/18/8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-11-18

Updated: 2025-11-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00016