CVE-2021-3478

Medium

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Openexr

PublishedMar 31, 2021

First seenMar 31, 2021

Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption

How to fix

Update

openexr openexr2.4.3, 2.5.4 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
openexr openexr	v < 2.4.3, 2.5.0 ≤ v < 2.5.4	2.4.3, 2.5.4
debian debian_linux	9.0, 10.0	—

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