CVE-2025-61662 Public Date: November 18, 2025 Last Modified: November 18, 2025 Severity: Moderate CVSS v3 Score: 4.9 Description A Use-After-Free vulnerability has been discovered in GRUB's gettext module. This flaw stems from a programming error where the gettext command remains registered in memory after its module is unloaded. An attacker can exploit this condition by invoking the orphaned command, causing the application to access a memory location that is no longer valid. 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. Additional Information Bugzilla 2414683: grub2: Missing unregister call for gettext command may lead to use-after-free Affected Packages and Issued Red Hat Security Errata CVSS v3 Score Breakdown CVSS v3 Base Score: 4.9 Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: High Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality Impact: Low Integrity Impact: Low Availability Impact: Low CVSS v3 Vector Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L External References https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61662 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61662