Resource Exhaustion The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openexr  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENEXR-617398
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed3 Oct 2017

Introduced: 3 Oct 2017

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

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr package and not the openexr package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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