Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting openexr package, versions <2.2.0-11+deb9u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENEXR-1300561
  • 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:9 openexr to version 2.2.0-11+deb9u3 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:9 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.

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