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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-26260

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.10%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR. This is a different flaw from CVE-2021-23215.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.10% probability · 64th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-190
Affected
openexr/openexr · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.