Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-20298 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products

CVSS 7.5 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

NONE

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

HIGH

network

low complexity

openexr

debian

CWE-787

NVD

Published: 2022-08-23

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to exhaust all memory accessible to the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Openexr Openexr Openexr - Openexr Openexr 1.0 Openexr Openexr 1.0.1 Openexr Openexr 1.0.2 Openexr Openexr 1.0.3 Openexr Openexr 1.0.4 Openexr Openexr 1.0.5 Openexr Openexr 1.0.6 Openexr Openexr 1.0.7 Openexr Openexr 1.1.0 Openexr Openexr 1.1.1 Openexr Openexr 1.2.1 Openexr Openexr 1.2.2 Openexr Openexr 1.3.0 Openexr Openexr 1.3.1 Openexr Openexr 1.3.2 Openexr Openexr 1.4.0 Openexr Openexr 1.5.0 Openexr Openexr 1.6.0 Openexr Openexr 1.6.1 Openexr Openexr 1.7.0 Openexr Openexr 1.7.1 Openexr Openexr 2.0.0 Openexr Openexr 2.0.1 Openexr Openexr 2.1.0 Openexr Openexr 2.2.0 Openexr Openexr 2.2.1 Openexr Openexr 2.2.2 Openexr Openexr 2.3.0 Openexr Openexr 2.4.0 Openexr Openexr 2.4.1 Openexr Openexr 2.4.2 Openexr Openexr 2.4.3 Openexr Openexr 2.5.0 Openexr Openexr 2.5.1 Openexr Openexr 2.5.2 Openexr Openexr 2.5.3 Openexr Openexr 2.5.4 Openexr Openexr 2.5.5 Openexr Openexr 2.5.6 Openexr Openexr 2.5.7	47
OS	Debian Debian Debian Linux 10.0	1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References