Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting openexr package, versions <2.2.1-4.1+deb10u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-OPENEXR-1300563
  • published7 Jun 2021
  • disclosed8 Jun 2021

Introduced: 7 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-23215  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 openexr to version 2.2.1-4.1+deb10u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr package and not the openexr package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1