CVE-2021-3696

CVE Details

Release Date:

2022-06-07

Description

A heap out-of-bounds write may heppen during the handling of Huffman tables in the PNG reader. This may lead to data corruption in the heap space. Confidentiality, Integrity and Availablity impact may be considered Low as it's very complex to an attacker control the encoding and positioning of corrupted Huffman entries to achieve results such as arbitrary code execution and/or secure boot circumvention. This flaw affects grub2 versions prior grub-2.12.

See more information about CVE-2021-3696 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	High	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	Low
Integrity Impact:	Low	Availability Impact:	Low

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (grub2)	ELSA-2022-9469	2022-06-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (grub2)	ELSA-2023-12952	2023-10-27
Oracle Linux version 8 (grub2)	ELSA-2022-9471	2022-06-07
Oracle Linux version 8 (grub2)	ELSA-2022-9595	2022-07-14
Oracle Linux version 9 (grub2)	ELSA-2022-9596	2022-07-14

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