CVE-2021-3697

CVE Details

Release Date:	2022-07-06
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
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 10 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20480	2025-07-17
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20530	2025-08-18
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-2022-5095	2022-07-04
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-2022-5099	2022-06-30
Oracle Linux version 9 (grub2)	ELSA-2022-9596	2022-07-14
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20480	2025-07-17
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20530	2025-08-18