Resource Exhaustion Affecting OpenEXR-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-OPENEXRDEVEL-1978969
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Sept 2017

Introduced: 27 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14988  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Header::readfrom in IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp in OpenEXR 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function in IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp. NOTE: The maintainer and multiple third parties believe that this vulnerability isn't valid