Configuration Affecting openexr package, versions <1.6.1-4.1


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.44% (75th percentile)
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NVD
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-OPENEXR-522250
  • published 31 Jul 2009
  • disclosed 31 Jul 2009

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 openexr to version 1.6.1-4.1 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:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer.