CVE-2023-4949 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in grub-legacy's XFS file system implementation, affecting GNU Grub and Xen products. An attacker with local access can exploit this by presenting a specially crafted XFS partition. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, requiring high privileges. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.97CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H
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