Off-by-one Error Affecting openexr package, versions <2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-OPENEXR-567494
  • published27 Apr 2020
  • disclosed14 Apr 2020

Introduced: 14 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-11765  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 openexr to version 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. There is an off-by-one error in use of the ImfXdr.h read function by DwaCompressor::Classifier::Classifier, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Scores

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