vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2021-3697: CVE-2021-3697 grub2: Crafted JPEG image can lead to buffer underflow write in the heap (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 16, 2022
Added
Jun 17, 2022
Modified
Sep 1, 2025

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.

Solutions

no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-grub2-commonredhat-upgrade-grub2-debuginforedhat-upgrade-grub2-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64-modulesredhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootredhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-modulesredhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-cdbootredhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-modulesredhat-upgrade-grub2-emu-debuginforedhat-upgrade-grub2-pcredhat-upgrade-grub2-pc-modulesredhat-upgrade-grub2-ppc64le-modulesredhat-upgrade-grub2-toolsredhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-debuginforedhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-efiredhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-efi-debuginforedhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-extraredhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-extra-debuginforedhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimalredhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimal-debuginforedhat-upgrade-mokutilredhat-upgrade-mokutil-debuginforedhat-upgrade-mokutil-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-shim-ia32redhat-upgrade-shim-unsigned-x64redhat-upgrade-shim-x64
Title
NEW

Explore Exposure Command

Confidently identify and prioritize exposures from endpoint to cloud with full attack surface visibility and threat-aware risk context.