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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-3478

An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.96%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.96%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

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
0.96% probability · 60th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-770
Affected
openexr/openexr · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

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