CVE-2021-3696

MEDIUM
4.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 6, 2022 at 03:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:05 AM UTC
13 products affected across 3 vendorsEnterprise LinuxEnterprise Linux Server AusEnterprise Linux Eus

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Severity
MEDIUM4.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991686
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-12

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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