CVE-2021-45935
Published: 01 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-45935 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Grok Project Grok. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 45.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-32644
Vulnerability details
Grok 9.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in openhtj2k::T1OpenHTJ2K::decompress (called from std::__1::__packaged_task_func<std::__1::__bind<grk::T1DecompressScheduler::deco and std::__1::packaged_task<int).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.