Resource Exhaustion Affecting openexr package, versions <2.5.4-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-OPENEXR-8487831
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed31 Mar 2021

Introduced: 31 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-3478  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 openexr to version 2.5.4-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:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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