CVE-2021-20300: A flaw was found in OpenEXR's hufUncompress functionality in OpenEXR/IlmImf/ImfHuf.cpp. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file that is…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.89%

55.6th percentile

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's hufUncompress functionality in OpenEXR/IlmImf/ImfHuf.cpp. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file that is processed by OpenEXR, to trigger an integer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	openexr	< openexr 2.5.4-1 (bookworm)	openexr 2.5.4-1 (bookworm)
openexr	openexr	< 2.5.4	2.5.4
openexr	openexr	—	—
openexr	openexr	>= 0 < 2.5.4-1	2.5.4-1
openexr	openexr	>= 0 < 2.5.4-1	2.5.4-1
openexr	openexr	>= 0 < 2.5.4-1	2.5.4-1
openexr	openexr	>= 0 < 2.5.4-1	2.5.4-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.07.1HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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