CVE-2021-20296
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CVE-2021-20296 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. A crafted input file supplied by an attacker, that is processed by the Dwa decompression functionality of OpenEXR's IlmImf library, could cause a NULL pointer dereference. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. A crafted input file supplied by an attacker, that is processed by the Dwa decompression functionality of OpenEXR's IlmImf library, could cause a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Openexr | Openexr | < 2.4.3 |
| Openexr | Openexr | >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.4 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=24854Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939141Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=24854Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939141Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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