CVE-2021-20298 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Openexr

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 51.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
OpenexrDebian OpenexrDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 23
Latest updateAug 24

Description

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to exhaust all memory accessible to the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/openexr< openexr 2.5.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianopenexr/openexr< 2.5.4-1+3
▶NVDopenexr/openexr2.5.7
▶CVEListV5openexr/openexrFixed in OpenEXR 3.0.0-beta

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c8fj-ggrc-c3hc: A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor↗2022-08-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-20298: A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor↗2022-08-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
OpenEXR: Out-of-memory in B44Compressor↗2021-02-15
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Debian
CVE-2021-20298: openexr - A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who ca...↗2021
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