VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-23169
A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.29%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.29% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- openexr/openexr · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947612Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KYNJSMVA6YJY5NMKDZ5SAISKZG2KCKC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BXFLD4ZAXKAIWO6ZPBCQEEDZB5IG676K/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947612Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KYNJSMVA6YJY5NMKDZ5SAISKZG2KCKC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BXFLD4ZAXKAIWO6ZPBCQEEDZB5IG676K/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.