Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting tinyexr package, versions [,1.0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.32% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-TINYEXR-10078436
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed7 Sept 2022
  • credit0xdd96

Introduced: 7 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-38529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tinyexr to version 1.0.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the component rleUncompress.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1