CVE-2009-1721

Medium

Description

The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenexr
PublishedJul 31, 2009
First seenJul 31, 2009

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openexr openexr1.2.2, 1.6.1—
opensuse opensuse10.0, 10.3, 11.0—
apple mac_os_xv < 10.5.810.5.8
debian debian_linux4.0, 5.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux8.04, 8.10, 9.04—
fedoraproject fedora10, 11—

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