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CVE-2021-3605

An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.01%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application 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
1.01% probability · 61th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-125
Affected
openexr/openexr · redhat/enterprise linux · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

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