CVE-2021-3697

CVE Details

Release Date:

2022-06-07

Description

A crafted JPEG image may lead the JPEG reader to underflow its data pointer, allowing user-controlled data to be written in heap. To a successful to be performed the attacker needs to perform some triage over the heap layout and craft an image with a malicious format and payload. This vulnerability can lead to data corruption and eventual code execution or secure boot circumvention. This flaw affects grub2 versions prior grub-2.12.

See more information about CVE-2021-3697 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:	7.5	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	High	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

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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