vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2021-3697: grub2 -- security update
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 07/06/2022 | 07/30/2024 | 01/28/2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/06/2022
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
01/28/2025
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-grub2

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