Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting openexr package, versions <2.2.0-11+deb9u4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENEXR-1318907
  • published15 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Mar 2022

Introduced: 15 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-20303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 openexr to version 2.2.0-11+deb9u4 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.

A flaw found in function dataWindowForTile() of IlmImf/ImfTiledMisc.cpp. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger an integer overflow, leading to an out-of-bounds write on the heap. The greatest impact of this flaw is to application availability, with some potential impact to data integrity as well.

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