Out-of-bounds Read Affecting OpenEXR-libs package, versions <0:1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.79% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-OPENEXRLIBS-1685927
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed14 Apr 2020

Introduced: 14 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-11763  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 OpenEXR-libs to version 0:1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1499.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream OpenEXR-libs package and not the OpenEXR-libs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. There is an std::vector out-of-bounds read and write, as demonstrated by ImfTileOffsets.cpp.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1