NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting academysoftwarefoundation/openexr package, versions [0,2.4.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ACADEMYSOFTWAREFOUNDATIONOPENEXR-2319354
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed9 Dec 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-16588  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade academysoftwarefoundation/openexr to version 2.4.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. A Null Pointer Deference issue exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in generatePreview in makePreview.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1