CVE-2021-3605 — 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
0.5%
top 36.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
OpenexrDebian OpenexrDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 25
Latest updateSep 20

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress 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:N/UI:R/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-c2vj-fxvp-674h: There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-3605: There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3↗2021-08-25
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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 the rleUncompress function↗2021-06-11
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Debian
CVE-2021-3605: openexr - There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3.0...↗2021
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CVE-2021-3605 — Openexr vulnerability | cvebase