CVE-2021-3598 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Openexr

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.3
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
OpenexrDebian OpenexrDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 6
Latest updateSep 20

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's ImfDeepScanLineInputFile functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/openexr< openexr 2.5.7-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDopenexr/openexr< 3.0.5
▶Debianopenexr/openexr< 2.5.4-2+deb11u1+3
▶Ubuntuopenexr/openexr< 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1+1
▶CVEListV5openexr/openexrOpenEXR 3.0.5

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Enterprise Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
openexr vulnerabilities↗2022-09-20
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GHSA
GHSA-fg32-5982-62p3: There's a flaw in OpenEXR's ImfDeepScanLineInputFile functionality in versions prior to 3↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-3598: There's a flaw in OpenEXR's ImfDeepScanLineInputFile functionality in versions prior to 3↗2021-07-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
OpenEXR vulnerabilities↗2022-09-20
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Ubuntu
OpenEXR vulnerabilities↗2021-06-22
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Ubuntu
OpenEXR vulnerabilities↗2021-06-22
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Red Hat
OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in Imf_3_1::CharPtrIO::readChars↗2021-06-11
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Debian
CVE-2021-3598: openexr - There's a flaw in OpenEXR's ImfDeepScanLineInputFile functionality in versions p...↗2021
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CVE-2021-3598 — Openexr vulnerability | cvebase