Resource Exhaustion Affecting OpenEXR-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.96% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-OPENEXRLIBS-2022366
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Feb 2021

Introduced: 15 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-3479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 OpenEXR-libs.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1