Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-3478
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939160
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939160
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27