CVE-2021-3479
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CVE-2021-3479 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability.. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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=25370Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939149Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.htmlThird 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=25370Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939149Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.htmlThird 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
- Modified
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