Integer Underflow Affecting openexr package, versions <3.1.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-OPENEXR-8487842
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed8 Jun 2021

Introduced: 8 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-26945  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 openexr to version 3.1.1-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.

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR.

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