Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openexr package, versions <3.1.4-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-OPENEXR-7013016
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed1 Jan 2022

Introduced: 1 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-45942  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 openexr to version 3.1.4-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr package and not the openexr package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenEXR 3.1.x before 3.1.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Imf_3_1::LineCompositeTask::execute (called from IlmThread_3_1::NullThreadPoolProvider::addTask and IlmThread_3_1::ThreadPool::addGlobalTask). NOTE: db217f2 may be inapplicable.

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