Resource Exhaustion Affecting OpenEXR package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-OPENEXR-1368897
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed27 Sept 2017
Introduced: 27 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14988 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 OpenEXR.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream OpenEXR package and not the OpenEXR package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
Header::readfrom in IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp in OpenEXR 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function in IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp. NOTE: The maintainer and multiple third parties believe that this vulnerability isn't valid