Resource Exhaustion Affecting OpenEXR-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-OPENEXRDEVEL-2030767
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Feb 2021

Introduced: 15 Feb 2021

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 OpenEXR-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream OpenEXR-devel package and not the OpenEXR-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 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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