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vulnerabilityCVE-2021-3697
Name
CVE-2021-3697
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
grub
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


7
CVSSv31
4.4
CVSSv2

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.12
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.14
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.12-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.12-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.14
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.12
Not Affected