Out-of-bounds Write Affecting academysoftwarefoundation/openexr package, versions [,3.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ACADEMYSOFTWAREFOUNDATIONOPENEXR-2319346
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed8 Jun 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-23169  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade academysoftwarefoundation/openexr to version 3.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.

CVSS Scores

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