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CVE-2024-45783: Grub2: fs/hfs+: refcount can be decremented twice

Description

A flaw was found in grub2. When failing to mount an HFS+ grub, the hfsplus filesystem driver doesn't properly set an ERRNO value. This issue may lead to a NULL pointer access.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-45783

Affected Products

Vendor: Red Hat

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.96% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-19 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45783
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345863

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