Resource Exhaustion Affecting openexr-devel package, versions <2.2.1-3.9.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-OPENEXRDEVEL-2740093
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Aug 2019

Introduced: 2 Aug 2019

CVE-2017-14988  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 openexr-devel to version 2.2.1-3.9.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr-devel package and not the openexr-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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