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CVE-2021-3697

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.46% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-07-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution

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CVE
CVE-2021-3697
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
0.46%

Original NVD 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.

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