Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openexr-devel package, versions <2.2.1-3.41.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-OPENEXRDEVEL-2649270
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Feb 2022

Introduced: 14 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-45942  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 openexr-devel to version 2.2.1-3.41.1 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:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenEXR 3.1.x before 3.1.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Imf_3_1::LineCompositeTask::execute (called from IlmThread_3_1::NullThreadPoolProvider::addTask and IlmThread_3_1::ThreadPool::addGlobalTask). NOTE: db217f2 may be inapplicable.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1