CVE-2021-3697

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-3697
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-07-06T16:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-23T17:19:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0 2.12
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:developer_tools:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991687 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0001/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3697
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3697
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-07-06 17:00:28 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-23 19:19:35 2023-02-23T17:19:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-23 19:19:35 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated