CVE-2023-5841
Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.26% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Affected
- openexr/openexr
- Source
- cve@takeonme.org
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSB6DB5LAKGPLRXEF5HDNGUMT7GIFT2C/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWMINVKQLSUHECXBSQMZFCSDRIHFOJJI/
- https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-5841.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/34
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/36
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSB6DB5LAKGPLRXEF5HDNGUMT7GIFT2C/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWMINVKQLSUHECXBSQMZFCSDRIHFOJJI/
- https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-5841.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.