CVE-2021-23169: A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary…

PriorityP345high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.29%

81.3th percentile

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	openexr	< openexr 2.5.4-2 (bookworm)	openexr 2.5.4-2 (bookworm)
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
openexr	openexr	< 3.0.1	3.0.1
openexr	openexr	—	—
openexr	openexr	>= 0 < 2.5.4-2	2.5.4-2
openexr	openexr	>= 0 < 2.5.4-2	2.5.4-2
openexr	openexr	>= 0 < 2.5.4-2	2.5.4-2
openexr	openexr	>= 0 < 2.5.4-2	2.5.4-2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv8.8HIGH

vendor_debian8.8HIGH

vendor_redhat8.8HIGH

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