CVE-2021-3696

Medium

Description

A heap out-of-bounds write may heppen during the handling of Huffman tables in the PNG reader. This may lead to data corruption in the heap space. Confidentiality, Integrity and Availablity impact may be considered Low as it's very complex to an attacker control the encoding and positioning of corrupted Huffman entries to achieve results such as arbitrary code execution and/or secure boot circumvention. This flaw affects grub2 versions prior grub-2.12.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.5
Exploit probability42. percentile0.5%
ProductGnu Grub2
PublishedJul 6, 2022
First seenJul 6, 2022

How to fix

Update
  • gnu grub22.12 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu grub22.00 ≤ v < 2.122.12
redhat developer_tools1.0—
redhat openshift3.0—
redhat enterprise_linux8.0, 8.1, 8.4, 9.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 9.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian8.0, 9.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 9.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus8.2, 8.4, 8.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 9.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus8.2, 8.4, 8.6—
redhat openshift_container_platform4.6, 4.9, 4.10—
redhat codeready_linux_builderNo range specified—
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utilityNo range specified—

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